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Shigellosis in the south-western Cape of Good Hope 1968–85

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

P. R. Donald ,
Marie-Louise Pretorius  and
P. J. Burger
P. R. Donald
Affiliation:
Departments of Paediatrics
Marie-Louise Pretorius
Affiliation:
Departments of Paediatrics
P. J. Burger
Affiliation:
Medical Microbiology, Tygerberg Hospital and University of Stellenbosch, P.O. Box 63, Tygerberg 7505, Republic of South Africa
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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 number 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 trimethoprim-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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 165 - 170
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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