Table 3 Characteristics of 166 patients and putative virulence factors present in the respective C. jejuni isolates

Female sex (99/166)

17/99

3/99

98/99

19/99

23/99

52/99

85/99

62/99

78/99

Underlying disease (38/162)

9/38

3/38

37/38

10/38

9/38

18/38

32/38

23/38

31/38

Domestic infection (40/166)

16/40 (p < 0.0001) *

1/40

40

9/40

8/40

7/40

26/40

25/40

34/40

Infection from abroad 126/166)

9/126

3/126

124/126

22/126

31/126

74/126 (p < 0.0001) †

116/126 (p < 0.0001) †

76/126

97/126

Vomiting (41/156)

8/41

1/41

40/41

8/41

9/41

17/41

34/41

25/41

32/41

Fever (136/156)

20/136

4/136

134/136

27/136

30/136

66/136

115/136

82/136

104/136

Bloody stools (21/119)

6/21 (p = 0.025)

1/21

21

8/21 (p = 0.034)

3/21

9/21

17/21

16/21

18/21

Long-lasting (≥ 10 d) diarrhea (42/161)

6/42

1/42

42

12/42 (p = 0.051)

7/42

18/42

35/42

24/42

31/42

Hospitalization (29/163)

3/29

1/29

29

7/29

8/29

15/29

21/29 (p = 0.031) ‡

19/29

23/29

No. positive isolates (%)

25/166 (15%)

4/166 (2.4%)

164/166 (99%)

31/166 (19%)

39/166 (23%)

81/166 (49%)

142/166 (86%)

101/166 (61%)

131/166 (79%)