Résumé
A total of 447 Shigella strains were isolated from stool samples during 1989-1991. Of these 270 (60%) were from children. Among the different species and serotypes Sh. flexneri 60 (13.4%) and Sh. sonnei Phage 139 (65%) were the most frequently isolated strains. 154 (34.4%) strains were resistant to three and 179 (40%) to more than three antibiotics. Some strains of Shigella were found to be resistant to furazolidine and neomycin.
Sujets)
Adulte , Enfant , Résistance microbienne aux médicaments , Dysenterie bacillaire/épidémiologie , Fèces/microbiologie , Humains , Inde/épidémiologie , Shigella/classification , Shigella flexneri/isolement et purification , Shigella sonnei/isolement et purificationRésumé
10,468 CSF samples from cases of meningitis in different age groups were cultured during 1988-1991. Acinetobacter calcoaceticus was isolated in 12 (5.6%) of 211 positive cultures. The strain were 100% resistant to ampicillin, cotrimoxazole and tetracycline 50% resistant to cephazolin gentamicin and kanamycin but 100% susceptible to chloramphenicol.