Etiological agent

No. of isolates

Percentage of isolation % (678 isolates)

Bacteria

Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC)

314

46.3

Salmonella species

71

10.4

Shigella species

29

4.2

Vibrio cholera O1

25

3.6

Aeromonas species

10

1.4

Unusual bacterial pathogens

Vibrio fluvialis

01

0.1

Moraxella osloensis

01

0.1

Elizabethkingia meningoseptica

01

0.1

Comomonas testosterone

01

0.1

Virus

Rotavirus

59

8.7

Parasites

Cryptosporidium parvum

08

1.1

Isospora belli

08

1.1

Strongyloides stercoralis

08

1.1

Ascaris lumbricoides

04

0.5

Entamoeba species

03

0.4

Giardia species

02

0.2

Hookworm

03

0.4

Taenia species

02

0.2

Fasciolopsis buski

01

0.1

Fungi

Candida species

126

18.5

Trichosporon species

01

0.1