ABSTRACT
The number of haemorrhagic dengue fever hospitalized at Khanh Hoa province was high during 1989-1998. The recorded peak of outbreak in 1992, 1995 and 1998 were 2212, 5358 and 7454 cases, respectively. The number of patients was high from May to November. 67,1% were the children under 15 years old. The patients at Nha Trang consisted highly 76,1%, followed by Cam Ranh 11,1%, Dien Khanh 95%. The vector controlling indexes were high during 1995-1997, the intervention was decreased, but it quickly returned to the beginning.
Subject(s)
Dengue , EpidemiologyABSTRACT
A study on 1,741 patients with diarrhea admitted to Khanh Hoa hospital in 1998 was carried out to evaluate the clinical, epidemiological, microbial features and the antibiotic response. The results have shown that the highest rate of antibiotic resistance ocurred in cephalosporines and quinolons