Volume 10, Number 1—January 2004
Dispatch
Domestically Acquired Campylobacter Infections in Finland
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.