Table 2 Frequency of intestinal infection in relation to stool consistency
Organism | Formed | Soft | Loose | Watery | p | trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 2194 | n = 2230 | n = 290 | n = 17 | |||
Cryptosporidium parvum | 16 (0.8) | 34 (1.5) | 7 (2.4) | 0 | 0.02 | 0.004 |
Isospora belli | 8 (0.4) | 4 (0.2) | 7 (2.4) | 1 (5.9) | < 0.001 | 0.001 |
Microsporidia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ns | |
Giardia intestinalis | 16 (0.7) | 33 (1.5) | 9 (3.1) | 2 (11.8) | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Blastocystis hominis | 144 | 150 | 30 | 1 | ns | |
Entamoeba histolytica | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ns | |
Iodamoeba butschlii | 108 (4.9) | 53 (2.4) | 8 (2.8) | 0 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Entamoeba hartmanii | 35 | 25 | 2 | 0 | ns | |
Chilomastix mesnili | 173 (7.9) | 138 (6.2) | 6 (2.1) | 0 | 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Ascaris lumbricoides | 383 (17.5) | 326 (14.6) | 37 (12.8) | 0 | 0.007 | 0.001 |
Hookworm | 76 | 63 | 7 | 1 | ns | |
Strongyloides stercoralis | 4 (0.2) | 8 (0.4) | 3 (1) | 0 | 0.1 | 0.04 |
Schistosoma mansoni | 11 | 10 | 2 | 0 | ns | |
Endolimax nana | 212 (9.7) | 143 (6.4) | 11 (3.8) | 0 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
Hymenolepis nana | 16 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ns | |
Trichuris trichiura | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ns | |
Taenia saginata | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | ns | |
Salmonella spp. | 24 | 31 | 3 | 0 | ns | |
Shigella spp. | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | ns | |
Aeromonas hydrophila | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ns | |
Citrobacter rodentium | 417 | 406 | 61 | 3 | ns | |
Vibrio cholerae | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ns |