Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Research
Sexual Contact as Risk Factor for Campylobacter Infection, Denmark
Katrin Gaardbo Kuhn
, Anne Kathrine Hvass, Annette Hartvig Christiansen, Steen Ethelberg, and Susan Alice Cowan
, Anne Kathrine Hvass, Annette Hartvig Christiansen, Steen Ethelberg, and Susan Alice Cowan
Table 1
Gastrointestinal diseases reported to Statens Serum Institut, Denmark, 2010–2018*
| Pathogen | Patients with enteric infection exposures, n = 49,321 | MSM, n = 4,186 | Controls, n = 15,250 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campylobacter | 37,602 | 132 (3) | 74 (0.5) |
| Annual incidence | 7.4‡ | 35§ | 5.4§ |
| Recurrent infections | 524 (1.4) | 4 (3) | 0 |
| Foreign travel† | 7,252 (19) | 15 (11) | 24 (32) |
| Age <40 y |
19,930 (53) |
79 (60) |
35 (47) |
| Salmonella | 10,450 | 3 (0.1) | 44 (0.3) |
| Annual incidence | 2.1‡ | 7.2§ | 3.2§ |
| Recurrent infections | 109 (1) | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign travel† | 3,916 (37) | 1 (33) | 9 (20) |
| Age <40 y |
3,380 (32) |
1 (33) |
15 (34) |
| Shigella | 1,269 | 64 (1.5) | 4 (0.03) |
| Annual incidence | 0.2‡ | 17§ | 0.3§ |
| Recurrent infections | 15 (1.2) | 0 | 0 |
| Foreign travel† | 527 (42) | 7 (11) | 1 (25) |
| Age <40 y |
838 (66) |
39 (61) |
3 (75) |
| *Values are no. (%) except as indicated, except incidence, which is given as cases/10,000 population. MSM, men who have sex with men. †Travel information was unknown for 57 patients with Campylobacter infections, 25 patients with Salmonella infections, and 55 patients with Shigella infections (both MSMs and controls). ‡Annual incidence refers to incidence in the population of Denmark. §Annual incidence refers to incidence in the sample population. | |||
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