| bacterial diarrhea in laos, a region where cholera was endemic. | there were cholera outbreaks in lao pdr since 1993. two provinces were epidemic areas of cholera in 1993. however the area of cholera occurrence increased to 7 provinces through 1994. then a bacterial survey had done for the purpose of public health improvement. epec was markedly isolated from the hospital in vientiane. in apparent infection of salmonella and non-01 vibrio cholerae with soldiers stationed in the island in mekong river belong to vientiane were pointed out. the outbreak of diarrhe ... | 1996 | 9253874 |
| the seasonal variation in the microbial agents implicated in the etiology of diarrheal diseases among children in lao people's democratic republic. | during 1994-1995, the etiological structure of children's diarrhea was monitored in outpatients at mahosot hospital, vientiane, lao pdr. of the 191 children studied, 42% had stool specimens positive for enteropathogens; 22% had rotavirus, 21.5% enteropathogenic e. coli, 4.7% shigella flexneri, 2.9% campylobacter jejuni, 2.1% shigella sonnei, and 0.5% each of giardia intestinalis and entamoeba histolytica. no vibrio cholerae and salmonella spp. was detected in this monitoring. in children under f ... | 1999 | 10774703 |
| fatal bacteremia due to immotile vibrio cholerae serogroup o21 in vientiane, laos - a case report. | human infections with non-o1, non-o139 v. cholerae have been described from laos. elsewhere, non cholera-toxin producing, non-o1, non-o139 v. cholerae have been described from blood cultures and ascitic fluid, although they are exceedingly rare isolates. | 2008 | 18439249 |