TABLE 1.
Source | No. of isolates (C. jejuni/C. coli)b | % isolates indistinguishable | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
C. jejuni | C. coli | Overall | ||
Beef cattle | 243/75 | 85.6 | 64.0 | 80.5 |
Dairy cattle | 278/89 | 89.6 | 64.0 | 83.6 |
Pigs | 6/357 | 66.7 | 12.6 | 13.7 |
Poultry animals and retail meat | 194/115 | 74.2 | 47.0 | 64.1 |
Total | 721/636 | 83.9 | 32.1 | 59.7 |
Patterns indistinguishable are indistinguishable from those of human isolates in the CDC PulseNet database.
Four C. lari were isolated from dairy cattle and one from pigs. One C. fetus was isolated from pigs. These six isolates were included in the overall data, with the five C. lari (but not the C. fetus) having patterns indistinguishable from those of human isolates.