Table 3 Fecal microorganisms identified in stool samples submitted to the Kasane primary hospital laboratory, Chobe District, Botswana from August 2007 to October of 2011
Organism | Number of times reported |
|---|---|
Ascaris lumbricoides | 3 |
Balantidium coli | 1 |
Cryptosporidium spp | 1 |
Escherichia coli | 21 |
Giardia lamblia | 2 |
Klebsiella spp | 2 |
Salmonella spp | 17 |
Salmonella typhi | 3 |
Shigella spp | 3 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 1 |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 2 |
Taenia spp | 5 |
Trichuris trichiura | 1 |