Table 1.

Characteristics of Salmonella Strathcona patients, Denmark, September–December 2011 (n = 43)

Characteristic	Number of patients	Percentage
Age (years) (n = 43)
0–5	10	23·3
6–20	8	18·6
21–60	14	32·6
>60	11	25·6
Sex (n = 43)
Female	26	60·5
Symptoms
Diarrhoea (n = 41)	40	97·6
Vomiting (n = 35)	16	45·7
Blood in faeces (n = 35)	6	17·1
Stomach pain/nausea  (n = 35)	28	80·0
Fever (n = 38)	30	78·9
Duration of illness (days) (n = 40)*
1–7	9	22·5
8–14	23	57·5
15–28	8	20·0
Sample type (n = 43)
Faeces	36	83·7
Blood†	6	14·0
Urine	1	2·3
Hospitalization (n = 43)
Yes	20	46·5
Duration of hospitalization (days) (n = 18)
1–7	14	77·8
8–18	4	22·2
Deaths (n = 43)
Yes	1	2·3

^*Nine patients were still ill at the time of interview.

^†Faeces + blood is classified as blood.