Risk factors for contagious gastroenteritis in adult patients with diarrhoea in the emergency department - a prospective observational multicentre study

Skyum, Florence; Pedersen, Court; Andersen, Vibeke; Chen, Ming; Franke, Andreas; Petersen, Detlev; Ries, Wolfgang; Mogensen, Christian Backer

doi:10.1186/s12879-019-3754-4

Table 1 Results of the faecal sample examination

From: Risk factors for contagious gastroenteritis in adult patients with diarrhoea in the emergency department - a prospective observational multicentre study

	Norovirus			C. difficile			Others (1)			No patogene (2)
	Number of patients	Positive		Number of patients	Positive		Number of patients	Positive		Number of patients	Negative
	n	n	%	n	n	%	n	n	%	n	n	%
Total	163	21	13	171	22	13	173	29	16	148	89	60
Sex
Female	92	3	3	94	13	14	98	14	14	83	57	69
Male	71	18	25	77	9	12	75	15	19	65	32	49
Age (years)
17–45	35	8	23	38	2	5	40	16	40	33	13	39
46–65	34	3	9	34	2	6	35	7	19	32	20	63
66–75	41	5	12	40	4	10	40	5	12	35	24	69
76–99	53	5	9	56	14	25	58	1	2	48	32	67
Medical history
Duration of diarrhoea
1 day	41	15	37	41	2	5	40	2	5	36	20	56
2–3 days	48	4	8	49	2	4	50	16	32	44	26	59
> 3 days	69	2	3	76	16	21	79	9	11	65	42	65
Number of defaecations on day of onset
1–3 defaecations/day	42	4	10	43	3	7	44	5	11	39	28	72
4–10 defaecations/day	79	10	13	83	17	20	84	10	12	72	42	58
> 10 defaecations/day	36	7	19	37	1	3	39	14	36	32	15	47
Duration of vomiting
No vomiting	58	7	12	59	10	17	65	19	29	54	24	44
1 day	45	12	27	49	1	2	46	4	9	40	28	70
> 1 day	55	2	4	57	8	14	59	6	10	51	37	73
Number of vomits on day of onset
No vomiting	61	6	10	64	9	14	70	19	27	57	27	47
1–3 vomits	40	2	5	43	7	16	46	6	13	37	27	73
4–10 vomits	30	5	17	31	2	6	28	1	4	25	19	76
> 10 vomits	16	6	38	16	0	0	15	0	0	15	9	60
Mucus in stools
No mucus	70	7	10	73	5	7	82	12	15	66	43	65
Patient reports mucus prior to admission	31	3	10	34	7	21	34	7	21	28	17	61
Abdominal pain
No pain	51	6	12	58	9	16	57	3	5	46	32	70
Presense of abdominal pain	109	15	14	109	12	11	114	26	23	100	56	56
Travel
No travel activity	124	16	13	129	19	15	132	13	10	112	74	66
Travel within Northern Europe	13	3	23	14	1	7	14	4	29	13	6	46
Travel within Southern or Eastern Europe	14	1	7	14	1	7	12	7	58	12	3	25
Travel outside Europe	10	1	10	11	0	0	14	5	36	10	6	60
Antibiotic treatment
No antibiotic treatment	112	19	17	113	4	4	116	26	22	101	62	61
Recently/at admission	14	1	7	16	6	38	15	0	0	13	7	54
One week previous admission	11	0	0	12	4	33	13	1	8	11	6	55
One month previous admission	12	1	8	13	6	46	13	1	8	10	4	40
Two months previous admission	4	0	0	4	0	0	5	1	20	4	3	75
Contact to others with GE symptoms
No contact to others	132	15	11	140	19	14	142	21	15	121	76	63
Contact to others	21	5	24	21	0	0	22	5	23	19	11	58
Epidemic risk
No other positive sample within the last week in the ED	115	11	10	131	18	14
Other positive sample within the last week in the ED	47	10	21	39	4	10
Vital signs
Systolic blood pressure
100–140 mmHg	84	18	21	114	12	11	115	23	20	97	55	57
> 140 mmHg	34	3	9	38	6	16	47	4	9	39	28	72
< 100 mmHg	9	0	0	10	3	30	10	2	20	10	5	50
Pulse
60–100/min	92	18	20	120	11	9	125	23	18	103	62	60
> 100/ min	28	3	11	35	7	20	36	5	14	32	19	59
< 60/min	7	0	0	9	3	33	8	0	0	8	5	63
Temperature
36.5–37.5 °C	72	6	8	77	11	14	81	11	14	66	43	65
37.5–38.5 °C	44	9	20	44	5	11	47	9	19	40	20	50
> 38.5 °C	21	3	14	22	1	5	21	8	38	20	10	50
< 36.5 °C	21	3	14	22	3	14	20	0	0	17	14	82

1 others: Salmonella and Campylabacter species, Yersinia and Shigella were not detected
2 patients with faecal sample examination for Norovirus, C. difficile and others

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