Table 2 Serovar distribution of Salmonella in blood and faeces for 633 adults
Serovar | Number of isolates from faeces (%) | Number of isolates from faeces in patients with blood culture done (%) | Number of isolates from blood (%) | Percentage of patients with faecal isolate also bacteraemic when blood culture done |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total samples | 633 (100) | 364 (100) | 63 (100) | 17.3 |
Enteritidis | 295 (46.6) | 183 (50.3) | 30 (47.6) | 16.4 |
Typhimurium | 175 (27.6) | 96 (15.2) | 9 (14.3) | 9.4 |
Virchow | 31 (4.9) | 23 (6.3) | 7 (11.1) | 30.4 |
Panama | 11 (1.7) | 5 (1.4) | 4 (6.3) | 80.0 |
Kedougou | 8 (1.3) | 3 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Hadar | 7 (1.1) | 3 (0.8) | 1 (1.6) | 33.0 |
Stanley | 6 (1.0) | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Newport | 5 (0.8) | 4 (0.8) | 2 (3.2) | 50.0 |
Anatum | 5 (0.8) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Agona | 4 (0.6) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Heidelberg | 4 (0.6) | 2 (0.5) | 2 (3.2) | 100 |
Infantis | 4 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Montevideo | 4 (0.6) | 2 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 0 |
Braenderup | 3 (0.5) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.6) | 100 |
Mbandka | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.6) | 100 |
New Brunswick | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.6) | 100 |
Stanleyville | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (1.6) | 100 |
Untyped | 50 (7.9) | 27 (7.4) | 4 (6.3) | 14.8 |
Other | 18 (2.8) | 6 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 0 |