| bacteria, viruses, yeasts and protozoans associated with diarrheal disease in singapore. | labile toxin producing enterotoxic e. coli (etec) were the commonest pathogen isolated from diarrheal stools of hospitalized children (21%) and adults (26%) in singapore. salmonellas ranked a close second in children (19%). other bacterial pathogens were isolated from less than 5% of subjects. blastocystis hominis was detected in 4.3% of diarrheal stools when a simple sedimentation technique was used. cryptosporidium was not detected at all. an analysis of yeast counts in smears of diarrheal and ... | 1995 | 7603751 |
| a study of the karyotypic patterns of blastocystis hominis by pulsed-field gradient electrophoresis. | | 1994 | 7855129 |
| isolate resistance of blastocystis hominis to metronidazole. | isolates of blastocystis hominis from infected immigrant workers from indonesia, bangladesh and infected individuals from singapore and malaysia were assessed for growth pattern and degree of resistance to different concentrations of metronidazole. viability of the cells was assessed using eosin-brillian cresyl blue which stained viable cells green and nonviable cells red. the bangladeshi and singaporean isolates were nonviable even at the lowest concentration of 0.01 mg/ml, whereas 40% of the i ... | 1999 | 10357863 |