Volume 27, Number 3—March 2021
Dispatch
Tropheryma whipplei in Feces of Patients with Diarrhea in 3 Locations on Different Continents
Table 2
Numbers of enteropathogens in fecal specimens with and without Tropheryma whipplei in South Africa, Singapore, and Germany*
Location | Specimens without T. whipplei |
Specimens with T. whipplei |
|||
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No. specimens | No. (rate) of enteropathogens | No. specimens | No. (rate) of enteropathogens | ||
Centurion, South Africa | 80 | 40 (0.50) | 17 | 10 (0.59) | |
Singapore | 164 | 145 (0.88) | 29 | 38 (1.31) | |
Regensburg, Germany |
290 |
60 (0.21) |
10 |
3 (0.30) |
|
Total† | 534 | 245 (0.46) | 56 | 51 (0.91) |
*Total numbers and rates per specimen of all enteropathogens across all specimens collected at each site; multiple pathogens in a single specimen were counted as multiple entries. †Incidence rate χ2, p<0.0001.