Table 3.
The serotype distribution of clinical Salmonella isolates in different age groups
| Age group (year) |
No. of tested | No. of isolates (prevalence, %) | Total (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serotype Typhimurium |
Serotype Enteritidis |
Serotype 4, 5, 12: i: - |
Serotype London |
Serotype Senftenberg |
Serotype Stanley |
Other serotypes |
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| < 5 | 1361 | 87 (6.4) | 17 (1.2) | 8 (0.6) | 5 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.3) | 15 (1.1) | 137 (10.1) |
| 5 ~ 9 | 73 | 4 (5.5) | 6 (8.2) | 1 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (15.1) |
| 10 ~ 19 | 217 | 0 (0.0) | 4 (1.8) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 1 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.4) | 9 (4.1) |
| 20 ~ 29 | 847 | 7 (0.8) | 14 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 11 (1.3) | 36 (4.3) |
| 30 ~ 39 | 984 | 9 (0.9) | 14 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 22 (2.2) | 48 (4.9) |
| 40 ~ 49 | 683 | 3 (0.4) | 4 (0.6) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 11 (1.6) | 24 (3.5) |
| 50 ~ 59 | 496 | 3 (0.6) | 6 (1.2) | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (1.2) | 16 (3.2) |
| > = 60 | 578 | 5 (0.9) | 6 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | 2 (0.3) | 16 (2.8) |
| total | 5239 | 118 (2.3) | 71 (1.4) | 11 (0.2) | 12 (0.2) | 8 (0.2) | 7 (0.1) | 70 (1.3) | 297 (5.7) |