Ann Clin Microbiol 2021;24:115-126. Trends in Isolation and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Enteropathogenic Bacteria in 2011-2019 at a Korean Tertiary Care Hospital Compared with Data in the Preceding Reports

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Table 1. Comparison of trends in isolation of enteropathogenic bacteria at a tertiary-care hospital
Characteristic Period of data acquisition*
1969-1978 1979-1988 1989-1998 2001-2010 2011-2019
No. of specimen cultured 13,412 37,846 51,441 60,714 48,476
No. of positive specimen 1,732 3,503 2,140 648 449
% of positive specimen 12.9 9.2 4.2 1.1 0.9
No. of positive patients 1,677 3,182 1,531 565 449
  Salmonella Typhi 472 469 58 1 4
  Salmonella Paratyphi A 18 101 3 2 0
  Salmonella serogroup B 3 245 564 86 111
  Salmonella serogroup C 4 108 126 89 82
  Salmonella serogroup D 5 107 341 157 63
  Salmonella serogroup E 2 32 55 22 5
  Salmonella other serogroup 0 40 39 2 5
    All Salmonella isolates 504 1,102 1,186 359 270
  Shigella subgroup A 16 5 2 0 0
  Shigella subgroup B 781 1,246 30 3 1
  Shigella subgroup C 8 43 0 0 6
  Shigella subgroup D 234 214 19 95 0
    All Shigella isolates 1,039 1,508 51 98 7
  Campylobacter spp. NT 185 239 85 132
  Yersinia enterocolitica NT 29 18 1 1
  Vibrio parahaemolyticus 45 96 42 27 7
  Plesiomonas shigelloides NT 4 11 0 0

*The data from 1969-2010 were adapted from reference [7]. Abbreviation: NT, not tested.