A Multicentre Study of Shigella Diarrhoea in Six Asian Countries: Disease Burden, Clinical Manifestations, and Microbiology (original) (raw)
Figure 5
Relation of Proportion of _ipaH_-Positive Faecal Specimens and PCR Cycle Number to Age
The percentage of Shigella culture-negative stool specimens from diarrhea patients in which ipaH was detected and the mean PCR cycle number required to detect ipaH by patient age suggests that children between ages 2 and 4 y and adults over age 40 y with diarrhoea are most likely to have ipaH in their stool specimens and the bacterial load is likely to be highest in these two age groups.