Table 3 Averages and ratio of included case report data

Average age (years)

Male-to-female ratio

Average number of days between gastrointestinal symptom onset and hospital presentation

Average number of days between gastrointestinal and cardiac symptoms

Average time to obtain stool culture from hospital presentation (days)

Average number of days between stool culture and improvement

Average number of days from symptom onset to improvement^a

Average length of hospital admission (days)