Publications

prevalence of plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients in bangladesh.	the incidence of plesiomonas shigelloides among diarrhoeal patients attending the dhaka treatment centre of the international centre for diarrhoeal disease research, bangladesh (icddr, b) from january through december 1987, has been reported. using bile peptone broth (ph 8.8) as an enrichment medium and salmonella-shigella agar to isolate the organism, p. shigelloides was isolated from 838 (6.4%) of 13,142 patients, 523 (4.0%) of whom had no other pathogen isolated. the percentage of isolation w ...	1992	1296610
distribution of plesiomonas shigelloides in various components of pond ecosystems in dhaka, bangladesh.	plesiomonas shigelloides is considered to be a waterborne agent of human gastroenteritis. an ecological study was carried out in five ponds in dhaka city over a period of one year to elucidate the distribution and seasonality of this organism in various components of pond ecosystems. samples were collected from hydrophytes, water, phytoplankton and sediment every 15 days over 12 months and cultured for p. shigelloides. p. shigelloides was isolated from a total of 120 samples including 25 (20.8%) ...	1991	1775096
studies on the bacterial flora of fish which are potential pathogens for human. isolation of various potential human pathogenic organisms from different parts of fish and their significance in initiating human diseases.	freshwater fish of different categories, collected from market of dhaka city of bangladesh, were studied for the bacterial flora. potential human pathogens were isolated from about eighty-five percent of the fish studied. organisms isolated were aeromonas spp., (69.2%), vibrio spp., (42.3%), plesiomonas shigelloides (35.9%) and escherichia coli (16.7%). the high association of potential human pathogens among the freshwater fish suggest that if fish are handled improperly or if consumed undercook ...	1994	7748144
case-control study of enteropathogens associated with childhood diarrhea in dhaka, bangladesh.	the international centre for diarrhoeal disease research, bangladesh, is a major center for research into diarrheal diseases. the center treats more than 100,000 patients a year. to obtain useful information representative of all patients, a surveillance system in which a 4% systematic sample of all patients is studied in detail, including etiological agents of diarrhea, was installed in october 1979. the first paper on etiology for the surveillance patients was published in 1982, which identifi ...	1999	10523534
bacterial enteropathogens of neonates admitted to an urban diarrhoeal hospital in bangladesh.	data on the aetiology of diarrhoea in neonates are scarce, especially from developing countries including bangladesh. a retrospective review of the electronic database of the microbiology laboratory of the international centre for diarrhoeal disease research, bangladesh (icddr,b), was carried out to examine enteropathogens associated with diarrhoea in neonates. stool specimens of the neonates on admission to the dhaka hospital of icddr,b were collected and sent to the laboratory for direct plati ...	2009	18840632