Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Dispatch
Domestically Acquired Campylobacter Infections in Finland
Antti Vierikko*†, Marja-Liisa Hänninen‡, Anja Siitonen§, Petri Ruutu§, and Hilpi Rautelin*†
Table
Penner serotypes of Campylobacter jejuni isolates detected from human fecal samples of patients in Finland with domestically acquired infections, July–September 1999
| Penner serotype | No. (%)a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | August | September | 3-month period | |
| 1,44 | 17 (5) | 4 (3) | 3 (6) | 24 (5) |
| 2 | 7 (2) | 29 (21) | 10 (19) | 46 (9) |
| 4-clusterb | 34 (10) | 19 (14) | 6 (11) | 59 (11) |
| 6,7 | 75 (22) | 11 (8) | 1 (2) | 87 (16) |
| 12 | 32 (9) | 23 (17) | 16 (30) | 71 (13) |
| 15 | 4 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (2) | 6 (1) |
| 21 | 8 (2) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 10 (2) |
| 23, 36, 53 | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 3 (6) | 7 (1) |
| 27 | 30 (9) | 9 (7) | 0 (0) | 39 (7) |
| 37 | 2 (1) | 7 (5) | 0 (0) | 9 (2) |
| 41 | 6 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (1) |
| 57 | 16 (5) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 19 (4) |
| Untypeable | 36 (11) | 19 (14) | 5 (9) | 60 (11) |
| Complex | 64 (19) | 7 (5) | 4 (7) | 75 (14) |
| Total | 342 | 137 | 54 | 533 |
aUncommon serotypes Pen 5, 11, 18, 19, 31, 52, and 55 not included.
b4-cluster, serotypes 4, 13, 16, 43, 50.
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