Shigellosis in the south-western Cape of Good Hope 1968-85
dc.contributor.author | Donald P.R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Pretorius M.-L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burger P.J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-15T16:16:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-15T16:16:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
dc.description.abstract | During the period 1968-85 shigella organisms were isolated from stool specimens of 1562 patients attending Tygerberg Hospital, situated in the south-western province of the Cape of Good Hope of the Republic of South Africa. Shigella flexneri (72% of patients) was the commonest subgroup identified. Sh. sonnei was the second-commonest isolate (20%), with smaller numbers of Sh. boydii (5%) and Sh. dysenteriae (3%). Sh. dysenteriae has not been isolated since 1979. In 1985 30% of isolates were resistant to ampicillin and 52% to trimethroprim-sulphamethoxazole. During this period 12 cases of shigellaemia were seen, 11 in young infants less than 13 months of age who were malnourished in 6 cases. The single adult had had a previous gastrectomy and splenectomy. | |
dc.description.version | Article | |
dc.identifier.citation | Epidemiology and Infection | |
dc.identifier.citation | 98 | |
dc.identifier.citation | 2 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 09502688 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/13716 | |
dc.subject | ampicillin | |
dc.subject | antibiotic agent | |
dc.subject | sulfamethoxazole | |
dc.subject | trimethoprim | |
dc.subject | adult | |
dc.subject | antibiotic resistance | |
dc.subject | chemotherapy | |
dc.subject | child | |
dc.subject | digestive system | |
dc.subject | drug resistance | |
dc.subject | geographic distribution | |
dc.subject | human | |
dc.subject | large intestine | |
dc.subject | shigella | |
dc.subject | shigella dysenteriae | |
dc.subject | shigella flexneri | |
dc.subject | shigella sonnei | |
dc.subject | shigellosis | |
dc.subject | short survey | |
dc.subject | south africa | |
dc.subject | therapy | |
dc.subject | Drug Resistance, Microbial | |
dc.subject | Dysentery, Bacillary | |
dc.subject | Feces | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Human | |
dc.subject | Infant | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Middle Age | |
dc.subject | Seasons | |
dc.subject | Serotyping | |
dc.subject | Shigella | |
dc.subject | South Africa | |
dc.title | Shigellosis in the south-western Cape of Good Hope 1968-85 | |
dc.type | Article |