| Variables |
Number of case-patients in Bogra, (%)
N=20 |
Number of case-patients in Kishorganj, (%)
N=28 |
| Clinical presentations |
| Acute watery diarrhoea (passage of ≥3 loose stools per day) |
19 (95) |
28 (100) |
| Passing watery stools continuously in first 24 hours |
12 (60) |
14 (50) |
| Abdominal cramps |
5 (25) |
11 (39) |
| Vomiting |
11 (55) |
21 (75) |
| Severe dehydration |
5 (25) |
8 (29) |
| Some dehydration |
11 (55) |
15 (53) |
| No dehydration |
4 (20) |
5 (18) |
| No urination for 12 hours |
3 (15) |
0 (0) |
| Scanty urination |
2 (10) |
2 (7) |
| Acute renal failure (Raised serum creatinine, anuria or oliguria and hyperkalaemia) |
5 (25) |
0 (0) |
| Additional features |
| Had at least one other household member affected with similar features |
11 (55) |
19 (68) |
| Two or more household members affected |
6 (30) |
12 (43) |
| Clinical management |
| Rehydration with intravenous cholera saline infusion |
16 (80) |
23 (82) |
| Rehydration with oral rehydration salts |
4 (20) |
5 (18) |
| Received at least one antibiotic within 24 hours of illness onset |
18 (90) |
23 (82) |
| Received ≥2 antibiotics in the course of therapy |
11 (55) |
12 (43) |
| Clinical outcome |
| Death |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
| Water use practice |
| Drank only municipal tap water |
10 (50) |
9 (32) |
| Drank only tube well water |
5 (25) |
14 (50) |
| Drank both tap and tube well water |
5 (25) |
5 (18) |
| Used tap water for washing foods and utensils, and cooking |
20 (100) |
15 (54) |
| Boiled or chemically purified drinking water |
0 (0) |
1 (4) |