| features of cholera and vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrhoea endemicity in calabar, nigeria. | the clinical and epidemiological features of acute vibrio diarrhoeal disease were studied in 881 patients seen at the university of calabar teaching hospital (ucth), calabar, nigeria, between january and december 1989. stools and rectal swabs of patients and randomly-selected control subjects were microscopically and culturally examined for the presence of enteric pathogens. households of vibrio diarrhoea cases and matched controls were visited for ecologic studies. of a total of 108 (12.3%) cul ... | 1992 | 1294392 |
| vibrio-associated gastroenteritis in the lower cross-river basin of nigeria. | a total of 120 vibrio species were isolated from 588 patients with acute diarrheal disease during an outbreak of gastrointestinal tract infections at different locations in the lower cross river basin of nigeria. vibrio cholerae o1, biotype el tor, serotype ogawa, was the prominent organism isolated from the vibrio-associated diarrheal cases. during the 3 months of study, v. cholerae non-o1 was recovered from 10 patients while vibrio parahaemolyticus was recovered from 19 patients. the significa ... | 1992 | 1400976 |
| cholera and vibrio parahaemolyticus diarrhoea endemicity in calabar, nigeria. | the microbiological and morbidity profiles of acute diarrhoeal episodes were studied in 881 patients seen at the out-patients department of the university of calabar teaching hospital (ucth), calabar, between january and december, 1988. of a total of 108 (12.3%) culturally confirmed bacterial diarrhoeas, 47 (43.5%) were due to escherichia coli, 33 (30.6%) to vibrios (vibrio cholerae-01; classical and e1 tor biotypes and v. parahaemolyticus), while shigella spp. and salmonella. spp. accounted for ... | 1991 | 1911487 |
| epidemiology and spectrum of vibrio diarrheas in the lower cross river basin of nigeria. | in 1991 a cholera epidemic occurred in nigeria. the features of this cholera outbreak in a single hospital in cross river, nigeria, were examined. microbiologic techniques included the use of thiosulphate citrate bile-salts sucrose (tcbs) medium for culture of all stool specimens. vibrio isolates from diarrheic patients included v. cholerae-o1 (75), v. cholerae non-o1 (10) and v. parahaemolyticus (21). the illnesses were diverse, ranging from mild to severe, and in most instances requiring hospi ... | 1994 | 7812244 |
| faecal excretion of vibrio cholerae during convalescence of cholera patients in calabar, nigeria. | the pattern of faecal excretion of vibrio cholerae was studied over a duration of eight months among 13 cholera convalescents by two-weekly surveillance cultures. stools and rectal swabs were cultured on thiosulphate citrate bile salts sucrose (tcbs) agar for the recovery of vibrio pathogens. clinical phase and convalescent phase v. cholerae strains were compared for antibiogram profiles. the population of vibrios recovered from faecal inocula was usually scanty (<10(3) vibrios/g). all clinical ... | 1999 | 10414380 |
| incidence of enteric bacterial pathogens in water found at the bottom of commercial freezers in calabar, southeastern nigeria. | bacteriological analysis of water that accumulates at the bottom of freezers in restaurants when the power was cut in calabar, southeastern nigeria, was carried out using standard procedures. mean heterotrophic bacterial counts and escherichia coli counts ranged from 3.1 +/- 0.02 to 7.1 +/- 0.30 x 10(4) cfu/ml and 0.2 +/- 0.10 to 0.6 +/- 0.50 x 10(4) cfu/ml, respectively, indicating heavy bacterial contamination whose source was mostly fecal. there was no significant difference (p > 0.05, 0.01) ... | 2006 | 17125005 |