Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Letter
Bordetella pertussis Isolates, Finland
Table 3
Characterization of the patients and B. pertussis isolates of the Rusko school outbreak*
Isolate PRCB | School | Age of patient (y) | Sampling time (m/d/y) | Days of cough at sampling | Fim | ptxS1 | Prn | tcfA | RFLP | PFGE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
191 | D | 14 | 09/26/96 | 11 | 3 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 5 |
193 | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | 8 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
194 | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | ? | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
192 | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | 0 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
197 | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | 4 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
209 | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | 2 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
195 | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | 8 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
196† | D | 13 | 10/11/96 | 3 | 2 | A | 3 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
198 | D | 17 | 10/17/96 | Asymptomatic | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
215 | D | 13 | 10/19/96 | 2 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
203 | D | 13 | 10/21/96 | Asymptomatic | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
202 | D | 12 | 10/21/96 | 5 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | 29 | 6 |
206 | D | 16 | 11/06/96 | 14 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
208 | D | 15 | 11/12/96 | 5 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
212 | D | 14 | 11/14/96 | 7 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 6 |
219† | ‡ | 4 | 11/22/96 | 3 | 2 | A | 2 | 2 | Nd | 7 |
*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.
†family member.
‡does not attend school.