Changing antibiotic sensitivity patterns in shigellosis.
Ceylon Med J
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1991 Dec; 36(4): 159-61
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-48595
ABSTRACT
Over five and a half months stool cultures were performed in 154 patients admitted with suspected bacillary dysentery to the Professorial Paediatric Unit of the Teaching Hospital, Galle. Thirty one patients had a positive stool culture; Shigella dysenteriae type 1 was isolated in 23 patients, and S flexneri in 8. In both groups the antibiotic sensitivity pattern was uniform, the only difference being S dysenteriae type 1 being resistant to nalidixic acid while S flexneri was sensitive. This antibiotic sensitivity pattern was different to that reported from Colombo during the same period. Complications were observed in some patients with S flexneri infection.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Shigella dysenteriae
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Shigella flexneri
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Sri Lanka
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Prospective Studies
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Ceylon Med J
Year:
1991
Type:
Article
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