Table 3.
Isolates and specimens positive for E. rostratum by state and sample type
| State | No. of case patients with specimens | No. of positive case patients (%) | Positive specimens by typea |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSF | Tissue | Isolate | Otherb | |||
| Florida | 23 | 2 (9) | 2 | |||
| Indiana | 58 | 16 (28) | 14 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Maryland | 22 | 6 (27) | 5 | 3 | ||
| Michigan | 142 | 67 (47) | 18 | 36 | 25 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 11 | 1 (9) | 1 | |||
| North Carolina | 6 | 2 (33) | 2 | |||
| New Hampshire | 13 | 1 (8) | 1 | |||
| New Jersey | 42 | 4 (10) | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ohio | 19 | 4 (21) | 3 | 3 | ||
| Rhode Island | 3 | 2 (66) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Tennessee | 72 | 26 (36) | 21 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| Virginia | 49 | 20 (41) | 22 | 1 | 5 | |
| Total | 468c | 151 (32) | 90 | 47 | 48 | 6 |
a
Some case patients had more than one specimen type that was positive.
b
Other specimens included three synovial fluids, one epidural fluid, and one abscess fluid.
c
States with no positive case patients were not included in this table.