Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics

N

153

Age, mean ± SD (min–max)

38.89 ± 1.68 (14–88)

Sex, n (%)

 Male

80 (52.3)

 Female

73 (47.7)

Symptoms, n (%)

 Dehydration

150 (98.0)

 Loose motion

153 (100.0)

 Abdominal pain

119 (77.8)

 Vomiting

99 (64.7)

 Fever

51 (33.3)

 Nausea

49 (32.0)

 Burning micturition

24 (15.7)

Confirmed enteric infection, n (%)

 Parasite (+), n (%)

40 (26.1)

 Bacterial infection

73 (47.71)

 Multi drug resistance

56 (36.6)

 Shigella spp, n (%)

17 (11.1%)

  Shigella flexneri

  Shigella sonnei

7/17 (41.17)

10/17 (58.82)

 Vibrio spp, n (%)

56/153 (36.6)