Table. Characteristics of 9 men with Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov. infection, 1991–2010*.

Patient/age, y	Year	Ancestry	Isolate no.	Strain no.	Specimen source	Clinical symptoms	Underlying conditions	Hospitalized	Died	Food history	Animal contact
1/NA	1991	NA	D6783	91–2	Feces	NA	NA	NA	No	NA	NA
2/30	1992	NA	D4335		Feces	Diarrhea	NA	NA	NA	NA	Turtle
3/80	2002	NA	D6128		Blood	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
4/20	2003	Chinese	D6688, D6689†	03–427, 03–445	Blood	Fever, cough, epigastric pain	Leukemia, hepatitis B	Yes	Yes	Turtle soup, angelica herb	NA
5/79	2004	Chinese or Vietnamese	D6659		Pleural fluid	Bloody diarrhea, pulmonary edema	Liver cancer	Yes	NA	NA	No
6/84	2005	Chinese	D6683		Hematoma	Speech and motor difficulties, hematoma	Asthma	Yes	No	Chinese dishes, eel, frog	No
7/67	2005	Chinese	D6690	05–018	Blood	Fever, chills, rigor, cough, diarrhea	Lymphoma, hypertension, heart disease	Yes	No	Chinese dishes	No
8/85	2007	Chinese	D6856		Bile	Diarrhea	NA	Yes	NA	NA	No
9/62	2010	Caucasian‡	D9240		Blood	Cellulitis of leg	Diabetes	Yes	No	Chinese dishes, eel	No

*NA, not available.
†Two isolates were obtained from this patient.
‡Asian spouse.