Volume 14, Number 1—January 2008
Research
Short- and Long-term Effects of Bacterial Gastrointestinal Infections
Table 5
Salmonella serotypes among patients with aortic aneurysm, reactive arthropathies, and ulcerative colitis, Sweden, 1997−2004
Disease or condition | Salmonella serotype | Frequency | Relative frequency* (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Aortic aneurysm (n = 10) | S. Enteritidis | 3 | 30 (31) |
S. Dublin | 2 | 20 (<1) | |
S. Virchow | 1 | 10 (2) | |
Other S. spp. |
4 |
40 (42) |
|
Postdysenteric arthropathy, Reiter disease, other reactive arthropathies (n = 27) | S. Enteritidis | 10 | 37 (31) |
S. Typhimurium | 3 | 11 (8) | |
S. London | 1 | 4 (<1) | |
Other S. spp. |
13 |
48 (42) |
|
Ulcerative colitis (n = 29) | S. Enteritidis | 7 | 24 (31) |
S. Typhimurium | 4 | 14 (8) | |
S. Kottbus | 1 | 3 (<1) | |
S. Agona | 1 | 3 (1) | |
S. Ituri | 1 | 3 (<1) | |
Other S. spp. | 15 | 52 (42) |
*Relative frequency in total cohort, n = 34,664.