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Table 1 Adult patient characteristics

From: Clinical impact of the type VI secretion system on virulence of Campylobacter species during infection

Characteristics

Patients with C. coli infection

Patients with C. jejuni infection

All adult patients

(n = 15)

(n = 119)

(n = 134)

Age (median years)

51 (26–80)

57 (33–74)

55 (33–74)

Male gender

7 (46.7)

74 (62.2)

81 (60.4)

Hospitalised patients

7 (46.7)

73 (61.3)

80 (59.7)

Duration of hospitalisation (median days)

0 (0–6)

1 (0–5)

1 (0–5)

Fever history (yes)

7 (46.7)

62 (52.1)

69 (51.5)

Bloody diarrhoea (yes)

2 (13.3)

21 (17.6)

23 (17.2)

Antibiotic therapy (yes)

9 (60.0)

73 (61.3)

82 (61.2)

Leucocytes (×10^9 /l)

8.5 (5.0–12.1)

8.6 (5.9–11.2)

8.5 (5.9–11.3)

C-reactive protein (mg/l)

69 (41–186)

66 (29–129)

68 (31–133)

  1. Data are median (IQR) or n (%)