Vibrio cholerae Non-O1, Non-O139 Serogroups and Cholera-like Diarrhea, Kolkata, India
Devarati Dutta
1, Goutam Chowdhury
1, Gururaja P. Pazhani, Sucharita Guin, Sanjucta Dutta, Santanu Ghosh, K. Rajendran, Ranjan K. Nandy, Asish K. Mukhopadhyay, Mihir K. Bhattacharya, Utpala Mitra, Yoshifumi Takeda, G. Balakrish Nair, and Thandavarayan Ramamurthy
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India (D. Dutta, G. Chowdhury, G. P. Pazhani, S. Guin, S. Dutta, S. Ghosh, K. Rajendran, R.K. Nandy, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, M.K. Bhattacharya, U. Mitra, Y. Takeda, T. Ramamurthy); Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Haryana, India (G.B. Nair)
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Table 2
Clinical characteristics of Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 strain–infected patients with diarrhea, Kolkata, India
Characteristic |
Infection status, no. (%)
|
Single, n = 175 |
Mixed, n = 106 |
Type of diarrhea |
|
|
Watery |
122 (70.0) |
63 (59.4) |
Loose with bloody mucus |
30 (17.1) |
25 (23.6) |
Other
|
23 (13.1)
|
18 (17.0)
|
Dehydration status |
|
|
Severe |
39 (22.3) |
18 (17.0) |
Moderate
|
136 (77.7)
|
88 (83.0)
|
Age, y |
|
|
>5 |
126 (72.0) |
75 (70.8) |
≤5
|
49 (28.0)
|
31 (29.2)
|
Sex |
|
|
M |
106 (60.6) |
64 (60.4) |
F
|
69 (39.4)
|
42 (39.6)
|
Fever |
|
|
Yes |
72 (41.1) |
39 (36.8) |
No
|
103 (58.9)
|
67 (63.2)
|
Abdominal pain |
|
|
Yes |
69 (39.4) |
44 (41.5) |
No |
106 (60.6) |
62 (58.5) |
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