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Table 1 Serovar distribution of NTS in blood and stool and its' blood invasive ratio (BIR)

From: Non-typhoidal Salmonella bacteraemia: Epidemiology, clinical characteristics and its' association with severe immunosuppression

Serovar

Serogroup

Blood isolates (%)

n = 55

Stool isolates (%)

n = 121

BIR*

Enteritidis

D

40

(72.7)

19

(15.7)

67.8

Paratyphi b

B

3

(5.5)

8

(6.6)

27.3

Choleraesuis

C

1

(1.8)

3

(2.5)

25.0

Senflenberg

E

1

(1.8)

3

(2.5)

25.0

Blegdam

D

3

(5.5)

10

(8.3)

23.0

Tshiongwe

C

2

(3.6)

8

(6.6)

20.0

Hato

B

1

(1.8)

4

(3.3)

20.0

Corvallis

C

4

(7.2)

23

(19.0)

14.8

Waltevreden

E

0

(0.0)

14

(11.6)

0

Limete

B

0

(0.0)

8

(6.6)

0

Typhimurium

B

0

(0.0)

6

(5.0)

0

Others

 

0

(0.0)

15

(12.4)

0

  1. * BIR = (B/T) × 100 (B = blood isolates and T = total blood+stool isolates)