Gastrointestinal Infection in South African Children under the Age of 5 years: A Mini Review

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Pathogen</td><td class="align_left">Percentage (%)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Diarrheagenic <i>E. coli</i></td><td class="align_center">25.1</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Clostridiotes difficile</i></td><td class="align_center">11.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>C. jejuni/coli</i></td><td class="align_center">7.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Salmonella</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">5.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">1.9</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>G. lamblia/intestinalis</i></td><td class="align_center">1.8</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Yersinia enterocolitis</i></td><td class="align_center">1.0</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Shigella</i></td><td class="align_center">0.4</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>E. histolytica</i></td><td class="align_center">0.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>P. shigelloides</i></td><td class="align_center">0.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Non-cholera <i>Vibrio</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">0.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left"><i>Aeromonas</i> spp.</td><td class="align_center">0.2</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Identification of bacterial and parasitic pathogens responsible for gastroenteritis in South African children in 2021.</div>

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Table 2: Gastrointestinal Infection in South African Children under the Age of 5 years: A Mini Review 