Volume 19, Number 10—October 2013
Dispatch
Clonal Distribution and Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates in Blood
Table
Distribution of MLST clonal complexes and sequence types among 73 blood culture isolates of Campylobacter jejuni*
Clonal complex | No. (%) | ST | No. | Characteristics significantly (p<0.05) associated with clonal complex |
---|---|---|---|---|
ST-677 | 35 (48) | 677 | 27 | Serum resistance |
794 | 8 | |||
ST-45 | 12 (16) | 11 | 4 | Serum sensitivity |
45 | 3 | |||
137 | 2 | |||
230 | 2 | |||
5201 | 1 | |||
ST-21 | 10 (14) | 50 | 5 | Underlying disease and longer duration of hospitalization of patients |
883 | 2 | |||
1948 | 1 | |||
5670 | 1 | |||
Uncertain | 1 | |||
ST-48 | 2 (3) | 38 | 1 | ND |
48 | 1 | |||
ST-464 | 2 (3) | 464 | 1 | ND |
3140 | 1 | ND | ||
ST-52 | 1 (1) | 52 | 1 | ND |
ST-354 | 1 (1) | 3155 | 1 | ND |
ST-443 | 1 (1) | 5671 | 1 | ND |
ST-460 | 1 (1) | 606 | 1 | ND |
ST-508 | 1 (1) | 508 | 1 | ND |
ST-1332 | 1 (1) | 1332 | 1 | ND |
Unassigned | 5 (7) | 468 | 1 | ND |
1080 | 1 | ND | ||
1972 | 1 | ND | ||
5673 | 1 | ND | ||
5674 | 1 | ND | ||
Mixed | 1 (1) | Uncertain | 1 | ND |
*MLST, multilocus sequence typing; ST, sequence type; ND, none detected.
1Current affiliation: Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, Finland.