The total number of S. Typhimurium isolates
from individual patients in Denmark during 2003
was 450. The outbreak type was represented by
46 isolates, constituting 10.2% of the total
S. Typhimurium isolates, and one of exactly 100
different PFGE profiles detected. Among the 44
human isolates of S. Typhimurium in Denmark
during the year 2002 that had been typed by
PFGE, the outbreak type was only present
once. The R-type ASSuT constituted 4.4% of
S. Typhimurium isolates in the 5-year period
immediately before this outbreak