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Clinical and microbiological features were compared using log binomial regression among children with and without wasting (mid-upper arm circumference \u2264 125 mm) or stunting (height-for-age <jats:italic>z<\/jats:italic> score \u2264 \u22122). Among 1,363 children, 7.0% were wasted and 16.9% were stunted. After adjustment for potential confounders, children with wasting were more likely than nonwasted children to present with at least one Integrated Management of Childhood Illness danger sign (adjusted prevalence ratio [aPR]: 1.3, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.0 to 1.5, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.05), severe dehydration (aPR: 2.4, 95% CI: 1.5 to 3.8, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01), and enteroaggregative <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic> recovered from their stool (aPR: 1.8, 1.1\u20132.8, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.02). There were no differences in the prevalence of other pathogens by wasting status after confounder adjustment. Stunting was not associated with clinical severity or the presence of specific pathogens. Wasted children with diarrhea presented with more severe disease than children without malnutrition which may be explained by a delay in care-seeking or diminished immune response to infection. Combating social determinants and host risk factors associated with severe disease, rather than specific pathogens, may reduce the disparities in poor diarrhea-associated outcomes experienced by malnourished children.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.17-0139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,22]],"date-time":"2017-08-22T07:00:20Z","timestamp":1503385220000},"page":"1337-1344","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":49,"title":["Impact of Childhood Nutritional Status on Pathogen Prevalence and Severity of Acute Diarrhea"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Kirkby D.","family":"Tickell","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;"},{"name":"The Childhood Acute Illness & Nutrition Network, Nairobi, Kenya;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Patricia B.","family":"Pavlinac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Washington, Seattle, 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