Table 1. Patient demographics and isolate type and source, Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak, United States, 2014.
Variable | n | % |
---|---|---|
Sex (n = 146) | ||
Female | 63 | 43 |
Male | 75 | 51 |
Unknown | 8 | 5 |
Age (yr) (n = 146) | ||
<1–10 | 45 | 31 |
11–20 | 16 | 11 |
21–40 | 31 | 21 |
41–60 | 25 | 17 |
61–80 | 17 | 12 |
81–100 | 4 | 3 |
Unknown | 8 | 5 |
Hospitalized (n = 89) | 42 | 47 |
Died (n = 93) | 0 | 0 |
Isolate type (n = 174) | ||
Human | 146 | 84 |
Food or animal | 28 | 16 |
Isolate source | ||
Human (n = 146) | ||
Blood | 25 | 17 |
Stool | 110 | 75 |
Urine | 10 | 7 |
Unknown | 1 | <1 |
Food or animal (n = 28) | ||
Beef | 1 | 4 |
Chicken | 26 | 93 |
Cecum (chicken) | 1 | 4 |
No. of states involved | ||
Human isolates | 24 | |
Food isolates | 4 |