Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Letter
Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Finland
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients and B. pertussis isolates of the Paimio outbreak*
Isolate PRCB | School | Age of patient (y) | Sampling time (m/d/y) | Days of cough at the sampling | Fim | ptxS1 | prn | tcfA | RFLP | PFGE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | † | 4 | 09/05/92 | Asymptomatic | 2 | A | 4 | 2 | 29 | 1 |
10 | A | 8 | 09/17/92 | 14 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
12 | A | 8 | 09/23/92 | 8 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
13 | A | 8 | 09/23/92 | 12 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
14 | † | 5 | 09/29/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 2 |
15 | † | 36 | 09/29/92 | 1 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
18 | † | 42 | 10/20/92 | 10 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 2 |
17 | A | 10 | 10/20/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
20 | A | 11 | 10/21/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
19 | † | 50 | 10/27/92 | 1 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 2 |
21 | A | 9 | 10/29/92 | 5 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
22 | A | 10 | 11/03/92 | 5 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
24 | A | 10 | 11/03/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
25 | A | 11 | 11/03/92 | 14 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
23 | A | 9 | 11/03/92 | 15 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
27 | A | 12 | 11/03/92 | 15 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
26 | A | 12 | 11/03/92 | 16 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
28 | A | 12 | 11/03/92 | 21 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
29 | † | 29 | 11/09/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 2 |
31 | A | 12 | 11/13/92 | 3 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 2 |
30 | A | 8 | 11/18/92 | 8 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 2 |
35 | † | 36 | 11/20/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 2 |
34 | B | 11 | 11/20/92 | 7 | 2 | A | 3 | 3 | Nd | 3 |
38 | B | 11 | 11/24/92 | 3 | 2 | A | 3 | 3 | 29 | 3 |
40 | B | 12 | 11/24/92 | 2 | 2,3 | A | 3 | 3 | Nd | 3 |
39 | B | 11 | 11/24/92 | 5 | 2,3 | A | 3 | 3 | 29 | 3 |
*m, month; d, day, y, year; Fim, serotype; ptxS1, pertussis toxin subunit 1 allele; prn, pertactin allele; tcfA, tracheal colonization factor allele; RFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism type; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis pattern; Nd, not determined
†does not attend school