Serotype Distribution and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Shigellae Isolated from Diarrhoeal Patients in Yangon, Myanmar

In Myanmar there is a changing pattern in the prevalence of Shigella strains with an increasing antimicrobial resistance, and, thus the serotype prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Shigellae were studied in 1993. Dysenteric stool samples were collected from the laboratory of Infectious...

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Published in:Journal of diarrhoeal diseases research 1995-09, Vol.13 (3), p.180-182
Main Authors: Oo, Khin Nwe, Thida, Myat
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Age groups
Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology
Antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics
Antimicrobials
Bacillary dysentery
Child
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea - microbiology
Dysentery
Dysentery, Bacillary - microbiology
Epidemics
Female
Humans
Infant
Infectious diseases
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Middle Aged
Myanmar
Serotyping
Sex distribution
Sex Factors
Shigella
Shigella dysenteriae - classification
Shigella dysenteriae - drug effects
Shigella dysenteriae - isolation & purification
Shigella flexneri - classification
Shigella flexneri - drug effects
Shigella flexneri - isolation & purification
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Summary:In Myanmar there is a changing pattern in the prevalence of Shigella strains with an increasing antimicrobial resistance, and, thus the serotype prevalence and antibiotic sensitivity pattern of Shigellae were studied in 1993. Dysenteric stool samples were collected from the laboratory of Infectious Diseases Hospital, Yangon during January-June 1993. The Shigella isolates were identified by the standard bacteriologic procedures. Four hundred and sixty stool samples containing blood and mucous were collected in this study, and Shigella spp. were isolated from the 108 (23.5%) samples. The increasing antimicrobial resistance of shigellosis from 1980 to 1993 in this community was also discussed.
ISSN:0253-8768
2311-8512