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Table 2 Clinical symptoms of Salmonella Enteritidis cases with major phage types in Ontario, Canada, 2008–2009 (N = 1,123)

From: Spatial-temporal epidemiology of human Salmonella Enteritidis infections with major phage types (PTs 1, 4, 5b, 8, 13, and 13a) in Ontario, Canada, 2008–2009

Phage Type

 

Symptom

 
 

Diarrhea

Bloody diarrhea

Abdominal pain

Fever

Vomiting

Nausea

 

n (n/N %)

n (n/N %)

n (n/N %)

n (n/N %)

n (n/N %)

n (n/N %)

PT 1 (N = 114)

106 (93)

3 k

67 (59)

49 (43)

34 (30)

36 (32)

PT 4 (N = 63)

61 (97)

3 (5)

38 (60)

33 (52)

21 (33)

19 (30)

PT 5b (N = 75)

70 (93)

5 (7)

37 (49)

36 (48)

17 (23)

27 (36)

PT 8 (N = 333)

315 (95)

33 (10)

213 (64)

178 (54)

96 (29)

95 (29)

PT 13 (N = 169)

150 (89)

18 (11)

95 (56)

86 (51)

53 (31)

33 (20)

PT 13a (N = 178)

171 (96)

19 (11)

111 (62)

96 (54)

48 (30)

49 (28)

PT Others (N = 191)

180 (94)

12 (6)

117 (61)

105 (55)

59 (31)

62 (32)

All PTs (N = 1,123)

1,053 (94)

93 (8)

678 (60)

583 (52)

328 (29)

321 (29)

  1. Of the 1,336 S. Enteritidis cases with known phage types, 1,123 cases had clinical symptom information available. n = number of S. Enteritidis cases that had the symptom. N = number of S. Enteritidis cases with the phage type. Within a row, the percentages can add up to greater than 100 % because a case could have more than one symptom
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