Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Risk Factors for Enteric Pathogen Exposure among Children in Black Belt Region of Alabama, USA
Drew Capone, Toheedat Bakare, Troy Barker, Amy Hutson Chatham, Ryan Clark, Lauren Copperthwaite, Abeoseh Flemister, Riley Geason, Emery Hoos, Elizabeth Kim, Alka Manoj, Sam Pomper, Christina Samodal, Simrill Smith, Claudette Poole, and Joe Brown
Table 2
Prevalence of enteric pathogens in stool specimens of children in a study conducted in Lowndes, Wilcox, and Perry Counties, Alabama, USA, January 2019–December 2021*
| Type and pathogen | Prevalence, no. (%) |
|---|---|
| Any | |
| >1 pathogen gene detected |
127 (26) |
| Bacteria | |
| Clostridioides difficile | 32 (6.6) |
| EPEC (atypical) | 30 (6.1) |
| EAEC | 19 (3.9) |
| Helicobacter pylori | 11 (2.3) |
| EPEC (typical) | 7 (1.4) |
| Yersinia enterocolitica | 5 (1.0) |
| E. coli O157:H7 | 4 (0.8) |
| Plesiomonas shigelloides | 2 (0.4) |
| ETEC | 2 (0.4) |
| Shigella or EIEC | 1 (0.2) |
| Salmonella | 1 (0.2) |
| STEC | 1 (0.2) |
| Campylobacter jejuni or coli |
0 |
| Fungus/algae | |
| Blastocystis | 18 (3.7) |
| Enterocytozoon bieneusi | 0 |
| Encephalitozoon intestinalis |
0 |
| Protozoa | |
| Balantidium coli | 3 (0.6) |
| Acanthamoeba | 2 (0.4) |
| Giardia spp. | 2 (0.4) |
| Entamoeba hystolytica | 1 (0.2) |
| Cystoisospora belli | 0 |
| Cyclospora cayetanensi | 0 |
| Cryptosporidium | 0 |
| Entamoeba |
0 |
| Virus | |
| Norovirus GI or GII | 7 (1.4) |
| SARS-CoV-2 | 3 (0.6) |
| Rotavirus | 2 (0.4) |
| Sapovirus | 2 (0.4) |
| Astrovirus | 1 (0.2) |
*EAEC, enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; EIEC, enteroinvasive E. coli; EPEC, enteropathogenic E. coli; ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli; GI/GII, genotype group I and II; STEC, Shiga toxin–producing E. coli.
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