Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Letter
Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Finland
Table 2
Characterization of the patients and B. pertussis isolates of the Oripää school 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
170 | C | 9 | 11/17/95 | 7 | 2 | A | 3 | 2 | 29 | 4 |
171 | C | 8 | 11/17/95 | 14 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 4 |
172 | C | 9 | 11/17/95 | Asymptomatic | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 4 |
173 | C | 10 | 11/17/95 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 4 |
*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