Usefulness of fecal lactoferrin in predicting and monitoring the clinical severity of infectious diarrhea

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Gender
Female	52
Male	65
Age (mean), yr	3.23 (3 mo-10 yr)
Pathogen identified
Rotavirus	41
Norovirus	28
Salmonella	31
Campylobacter	17
Disease severity (Vesikari scoring scale)
Mild	42
Moderate	50
Severe	25
Duration of diarrhea (median), h	73.8 (14-169)
Vomiting, (d)	2.1 (0-5)
Fever, (d)	2.9 (0-7)
WBC counts (106/L)	12 658 ± 2364
CRP (mg/L)	34.7 ± 22.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL, n = 117)	11.6 (8.2-15.3)
Platelets (109/L, n = 117)	232 (134-585)

Range in brackets. WBC: White blood cells; CRP: C-reactive protein.