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. 2016 Jan 18;3(1):ofw003. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw003

Table 2.

Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Isolated From Patients at an HMO Serving an Urban Geographical Area (Laboratory A), Minnesota, 1996–2006

1996 (n = 1905) 1997 (n = 2048) 1998 (n = 2243) 1999 (n = 1972) 2000 (n = 2432) 2001 (n = 2114) 2002 (n = 1997) 2003 (n = 1667) 2004 (n = 1589) 2005 (n = 1722) 2006 (n = 2281)
Pathogen No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) No. (%)
Campylobacter 52 (2.7) 70 (3.4) 74 (3.3) 34 (1.7) 79 (3.2) 60 (2.8) 58 (2.9) 39 (2.3) 34 (2.1) 45 (2.6) 41 (1.8)
Salmonellaa 28 (1.5) 38 (1.9) 27 (1.2) 20 (1.0) 22 (0.9) 27 (1.3) 12 (0.6) 16 (1.0) 23 (1.4) 17 (1.0) 34 (1.5)
Shigella 7 (0.4) 11 (0.5) 17 (0.8) 23 (1.2) 84 (3.5) 19 (0.9) 24 (1.2) 2 (0.1) 6 (0.4) 3 (0.2) 27 (1.2)
Escherichia coli O157:H7 8 (0.4) 8 (0.4) 3 (0.1) 9 (0.5) 10 (0.4) 7 (0.3) 2 (0.1) 1 (0.06) 0 (0) 6 (0.3) 3 (0.1)
E. coli O157:NM 1 (0.05) 1 (0.04)
Other STECb 5 (0.3) 2 (0.1) 11 (0.5) 4 (0.2) 19 (0.8) 7 (0.3) 10 (0.5) 4 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 11 (0.6) 13 (0.6)
Stx-positive; not isolated 5 (0.3) 1 (0.05) 5 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 3 (0.1) 3 (0.1) 3 (0.2) 3 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 11 (0.6) 8 (0.4)
Enterotoxigenic E. colic 40 (1.6) 42 (2.0) 36 (1.8) 32 (1.9) 31 (2.0) 39 (2.3) 36 (1.6)
Aeromonas spp 1
Plesiomonas shigelloides 1
Vibrio hollisae 2
Vibrio parahaemolyticus 1 1 1 (0.06) 0 (0.0)
Enteropathogenic E. coli 2 (0.1)
Yersinia 1 1 (0.1) 1 (0.06)
No bacterial pathogens 1799 (94.4) 1915 (93.5) 2104 (93.8) 1978 (95.2) 2173 (89.4) 1949 (92.2) 1852 (92.7) 1569 (94.1) 1490 (93.8) 1586 (92.1) 2119 (92.9)
Total 1905 (100) 2048 (100) 2243 (100) 1972 (100) 2432 (100) 2114 (100) 1997 (100) 1667 (100) 1589 (100) 1722 (100) 2281 (100)

Abbreviations: ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli; HMO, health maintenance organization; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.

a Salmonella serotypes: Typhimurium, 68 (26%); Enteritidis, 47 (18%); Newport, 16 (6%); Typhimurium var. Copenhagen, 13 (5%); Heidelberg, 13 (5%); other, 107 (41%).

b STEC serogroups: O26, 18 (20%); O103, 18 (20%); O111, 10 (11%); O145, 4 (5%); 20 other serogroups, rough or undetermined, 37 (43%).

c ETEC serogroups: O25, 22 (9%); O6, 18 (7%); O27, 14 (5%); other, 60 (23%); not serotyped, 83 (32%); not isolated, 59 (23%). ETEC testing began in 2000.