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Table 2 Phage type distribution of Salmonella Serovars Enteritidis and Typhimurium

From: Prevalence and characterization of Salmonella among humans in Ghana

 

Sample types

Phage type

Stoola

Fecal sludgeb

Blooda

Blood/stoolc

No. of isolates (%)

S. Enteritidis

 PT1

  

2

1

3 (6.5)

 PT4

 

1

1

2

4 (8.7)

 PT4B

   

1

1 (2.2)

 PT8

   

1

1 (2.2)

 PT14B

 

2

 

8

10 (21.7)

 PT14C

1

  

3

4 (8.7)

 PT34

  

1

 

1 (2.2)

 RDNC

  

1

18

19 (41.3)

 NT

 

1

 

2

3 (6.5)

 Total

1

4

5

36

46

S. Typhimurium

 DT1

   

5

5 (17.9)

 DT22

1

 

3

 

3 (10.7)

 DT99

  

2

 

2 (7.1)

 DT120

   

1

1 (3.6)

 DT197

 

1

 

2

3 (10.7)

 RDNC

1

 

4

1

6 (21.4)

 NT

 

1

6

 

7 (25.0) 1

 Total

2

2

15

9

28 2

  1. aBlood and stool prospectively collected from patients at the two hospitals
  2. bFecal sludge collected from public toilets in slum communities
  3. cBlood and stool retrospectively collected from patients at the Korle Bu teaching hospital