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Table 3 Detection of Specific Pathogens among Diarrhea cases by Healthcare Facility Type and Age Group in Santa Rosa and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

From: Incidence and etiology of infectious diarrhea from a facility-based surveillance system in Guatemala, 2008–2012

Pathogen Detected*

Ambulatory

Hospital

<5 years

≥5 years

All ages

<5 years

≥5 years

All ages

n = 630 (%)

n = 507 (%)

n = 1137 (%)

n = 216 (%)

n = 48 (%)

n = 264 (%)

Bacteria

 Diarrheagenic E. coli

128

21%

89

18%

217

19%

33

16%

5

10%

38

15%

Shigella

35

6%

28

6%

63

6%

6

3%

3

6%

9

4%

Campylobacter

30

5%

5

1%

35

3%

7

3%

0

7

3%

Salmonella

1

< 1%

3

1%

4

< 1%

1

1%

1

2%

2

1%

Virus

 Norovirus

104

17%

30

6%

134

12%

61

30%

4

8%

65

26%

 Rotavirus

50

8%

19

4%

69

6%

49

24%

0

==

49

19%

Protozoa

Giardia

27

4%

34

7%

61

5%

2

1%

0

2

1%

Cryptosporidium

6

1%

1

< 1%

7

1%

2

1%

0

2

1%

  1. *Multiple pathogens may be detected in a given specimen; thus, some diarrhea cases are counted in more than one row