Table 2.
Types of reptile contact, rodent contact and reptile feeding practices, among cases and age group- and state residence-matched controls – January–July 2010 – United States (n = 44)
| Exposure | Cases (n = 15) n (%) |
Controlsa
(n = 29) n (%) |
mORb | 95% CIb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any reptile/amphibian contact |
11 (73) | 4 (14) | 11.1 | 2.6, 103.2 |
| Same room as reptile/amphibian |
10 (67) | 4 (14) | 10.4 | 2.4, 97.4 |
| Contact with animals’ habitat |
7 (47) | 2 (7) | 9.0 | 1.9, 86.0 |
| Touch reptile/amphibian | 6 (40) | 3 (10) | 4.3 | 1.1, 23.6 |
| Fed reptile/amphibian | 5 (33) | 1 (3) | 7.3 | 1.5, 71.5 |
| Any rodent contact | 10 (67) | 1c (4) | 32.7 | 4.2, 4223.1 |
| Fed rodents to reptiles | 9 (60) | 1 (3) | 32.9 | 4.1, 4248.1 |
| Rodents usually bought frozenc |
7 (47) | 1 (3) | 9.4 | 2.0, 88.9 |
a
Any identified person with a stool isolate that yielded Salmonella Ente-ritidis and with an isolate date on or after January 1 2010.
b
Matched odds ratios (mOR) and **95% confidence intervals (CI) obtained using Firth penalized likelihood methods.
c
More than 5% of data missing.