Table 3.
Regional distribution of the isolated bacterial pathogens.
| Regions | Specimens | Salmonella spp. | Escherichia coli | Shigella spp. | Vibrio parahaemolyticus | Campylobacter spp. | Clostridium perfringens | Staphylococcus aureus | Bacillus cereus | Listeria monocytogenes | Yersinia enterocolitica | Isolation Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cities | Seoul | 676 | 27 | 73 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 121 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 294 |
| Busan | 868 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 72 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 186 | |
| Daegu | 821 | 12 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 52 | 23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 150 | |
| Incheon | 1,237 | 81 | 115 | 7 | 2 | 40 | 187 | 60 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 565 | |
| Gwangju | 1,483 | 104 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 113 | 57 | 61 | 0 | 1 | 466 | |
| Daejeon | 812 | 8 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 138 | |
| Ulsan | 926 | 8 | 73 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 62 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 183 | |
| Subtotal | 6,823 | 261 | 482 | 8 | 5 | 168 | 620 | 254 | 181 | 1 | 2 | 1,982 | |
| Rural province | Gyeonggi | 1,495 | 28 | 75 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 99 | 21 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
| Gangwon | 1,342 | 60 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 186 | |
| Chungnam | 788 | 11 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 159 | |
| Chungbuk | 764 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 51 | 64 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 181 | |
| Jeonnam | 409 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 73 | |
| Jeonbuk | 1,815 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 231 | 34 | 84 | 0 | 8 | 418 | |
| Gyeongnam | 565 | 6 | 28 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | |
| Gyeongbuk | 370 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| Jeju | 515 | 47 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 102 | |
| Subtotal | 8,063 | 215 | 295 | 5 | 21 | 47 | 524 | 254 | 175 | 0 | 8 | 1,544 | |
| Total | 14,886 | 476 | 777 | 13 | 26 | 215 | 1,144 | 508 | 356 | 1 | 10 | 3,526 |
Chungbuk = Chungcheongbuk-do; Chungnam = Chungcheongnam-do; Gyeongbuk = Gyeongsangbuk-do; Gyeongnam = Gyeongsangnam-do; Jeonbuk = Jeonllabuk-do; Jeonnam = Jeollanam-do.