TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Salmonella cases that underwent PCR and 24-h culture

Case	No.	Day stool collected	Culture result	PCR result	Sala CT	ICb CT
A	1	0	−	+	32.8	32.1
	2	2	+	+	21.2	Undetc
	3	18	−	−	Undet	30.7
	4	19	−	−	Undet	32
B	1	0	+	+	30.9	32.2
	2	24	−	−	Undet	31.3
	3	26	−	−	Undet	31.8
C	1	0	+	+	21	Undet
	2	2	+	+	25	32.3
	3	7	+	+	26.6	31.1
	4	9	+	+	25.9	31.6
	5	15	+	+	27.1	32.4
	6	16	+	+	25	33.8
	7	21	−	+	28.2	30.5
	8	23	−	+	28.1	30.2
D	1	0	+	+	33.4	17.6
	2	1	+	+	19.1	31.1
	3	5	+	+	18.4	33
	4	6	+	+	21.8	11.5
	5	14	−	−	Undet	15.9
	6	15	−	−	Undet	17
E	1	0	+	+	22.6	31.7
	2	0	+	+	22.4	32.4
	3	5	+	+	21.9	31.2
	4	6	+	+	22.2	31.8
	5	26	+	+	23.9	18.5
	6	27	+	+	22.1	14
	7	33	+	+	29.2	18.6
	8	35	+	+	20.9	18.1
	9	40	+	+	18.9	32.4
	10	42	+	+	20.7	18.9
	11	48	+	+	23	15.4
F	1	0	+	+	24.1	32.6
	2	1	+	+	21	33
	3	8	+	+	27	31.7
	4	9	+	+	19.2	Undet
	5	15	−	+	29.6	30.5
	6	16	+	+	23.3	34
	7	19	−	+	28.8	32.4
	8	20	+	+	26.3	32.2
	9	28	−	−	Undet	32.1
	10	29	−	−	Undet	31.8
G	1	0	−	−	Undet	17.7
	2	0	−	+	23.5	10.7
	3	1	−	−	Undet	16.5
H	1	0	−	−	Undet	19.4
	2	1	−	−	Undet	18.3
	3	9	+	+	23.4	22.1
I	1	0	+	+	17	32.3
	2	1	+	+	20.8	18.2
	3	8	+	+	18.1	32.2
	4	9	+	+	17.6	33.1
J	1	0	−	+	33.5	17.6
	2	1	−	−	Undet	22.9
	3	6	−	−	Undet	13.7
K	1	0	−	−	Undet	31.8
	2	0	−	−	Undet	31.9
	3	7	−	−	Undet	26.2
Ld	1	0	−	−	Undet	16.7
	2	1	−	+	27.1	18.1
	3	2	−	+	31.2	15.7
M	1	0	−	−	Undet	16.5
	2	1	−	−	Undet	12.2
	3	17	−	−	Undet	19.5

^aSal, Salmonella PCR.

^bIC, internal PCR control.

^cUndet, undetectable.

^dThis patient was treated with antibiotics.