Table 2. Microbiological and clinical details of 86 patients whose fecal samples contained Arcobacter spp., 2008–2013, Belgium.

Characteristic	Arcobacter spp. samples, N = 89
	A. butzleri, n = 49* (55%)	A. cryaerophilus, n = 38 (43%)	A. thereius, n = 2 (2%)
	No. (%)	No. (%)	No. (%)
Fecal consistency
Solid	18 (37)	16 (42)	0
Semisolid-liquid	25 (51)	22 (58)	1 (1)
Mucous	5 (10)	0	1 (1)
Bloody	1 (2)	0	0
Clinical status
Ambulatory	19 (39)	32 (84)	1 (1)
Hospitalized	30 (61)	6 (16)	1 (1)
Clinical syndromes
Acute gastroenteritis	19 (39)	30 (79)	1 (1)
Coexisting medical condition	30 (61)	8 (21)	1 (1)
Chronic colitis	8 (15)	2 (5)	1 (1)

*49 samples from 46 patients.