Virulence, antibiotic resistance phenotypes and molecular characterisation of Vibrio furnissii isolates from patients with diarrhoea

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the seven patients with diarrhoea caused by Vibrio furnissii infection

Strain	Sex^a	Age	Month	Fever^b	Diarrhoea No./day	Abdominal pain	Stool consistency	Vomiting	Erythrocytes No./Hp^c	Leukocytes No./Hp^c
VFBJ01	M	45	May	-	3	-	watery	-	0	0
VFBJ02	F	65	June	-	10	-	loose	-	0	0
VFBJ03	M	15	July	-	10	-	watery	+	0	1
VFBJ04	M	62	July	-	4	-	loose	-	0	0
VFBJ05	F	36	July	-	3	+	loose	-	3	30
VFBJ06	M	64	July	-	6	-	watery	-	0	0
VFBJ07	M	72	August	-	7	+	loose	-	0	0

^aM, male; F, female
^bDefined as an axillary temperature > 37.7 °C
^cThe erythrocyte or leukocyte number identified in stool samples under high magnification (×40)

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