Table 1. Microbiological results of faecal samples from symptomatic patients of a waterborne outbreak in Vuorela, July 2012.
Microbial pathogen and methods used | Number of patients tested positive/number of tested |
Campylobacter jejuni/coli 1 , 2 | 15/21 |
Salmonella spp.1 , 2 | 0/21 |
Shigella spp.1 , 2 | 0/21 |
Yersinia spp.1 , 2 | 0/21 |
E. coli | |
- EHEC1 , 2 | 26/12 |
- EPEC2 | 6/12 |
- ETEC2 | 0/12 |
- EIEC/Shigella 1 , 2 | 0/12 |
- EAEC2 | 2/12 |
Arcobacter spp.1 , 2 | 0/7 |
Norovirus2 , 3 | 02/12, 03/17 |
Adenovirus3 | 0/17 |
Enterovirus3 | 1/17 |
Sapovirus2 , 3 | 52 , 7/12, 33/17 |
Astrovirus2 , 3 | 02/7, 03/17 |
Giardia 4 | 0/19 |
Cryptosporidium 4 | 0/19 |
Methods used were cultivation1, PCR/RT-PCR2 (polymerase chain reaction/reverse transcripition-PCR), EM3 (electron microscopy) and/or EIA4 (Enzyme Immunoassay). 5 Campylobacter jejuni and 6EHEC O157:H7 (from one sample) and 7sapovirus GII.P3 were isolated from the samples.