| a controlled field trial of live salmonella typhi strain ty 21a oral vaccine against typhoid: three-year results. | a controlled field trial of salmonella typhi strain ty 21a oral vaccine against typhoid was carried out in alexandria, egypt, from march 1978 to march 1981. a total of 32,388 children was included in the study. the children were divided in two comparable groups, one given three doses of vaccine and the other three doses of placebo. each dose of vaccine contained 1-8 x 10(9) live ty 21a bacteria. the population was monitored, and each suspected case of typhoid was investigated bacteriologically a ... | 1982 | 7037982 |
| campylobacter-associated diarrhoea in egyptian infants: epidemiology and clinical manifestations of disease and high frequency of concomitant infections. | a diarrhoeal disease survey in alexandria, egypt determined the prevalence, seasonality, and household risk factors for campylobacter-associated diarrhoea in young children. the study population was 880 children (mean age = 9.8 months) presenting with diarrhoea at one of two hospitals. a control group consisted of 1,079 healthy children (mean age = 8.8 months) attending two nearby vaccination clinics. the overall isolation frequencies for campylobacter spp. were 16.8% for cases and 6.4% for the ... | 1993 | 8315255 |
| enteropathogens associated with diarrhea among military personnel during operation bright star 96, in alexandria, egypt. | this study investigated the microbial causes of diarrheal disease among u.s. troops deployed near alexandria, egypt, during october 1995. bacterial causes associated with 19 cases of diarrhea included: enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec), 42% (21% heat-stable, 11% heat-labile, and 11% heat-stable/ heat-labile producers); enteropathogenic e. coli (5.3%); and enteroadherent e. coli (42%). four cases of diarrhea were associated with enteroaggregative e. coli based on probe analysis for enteroag ... | 1997 | 9183160 |
| microbiological quality of coastal sea water of alexandria, egypt. | the aim of the present study was to evaluate the quality of the seawater in alexandria, egypt. samples were collected in 6 different points: kayet bay, el shatby, camp cesar, sporting, beir massoud and el max. in total, 24 samples were analyzed. for each point the analysis included estimation of the following parameters: esherichia coli, total coliform and fecal streptococci, yersinia, shigella, salmonella, bacteriophages and enteric viruses. just one sample (el max) was positive for the presenc ... | 1997 | 9360329 |
| campylobacter diarrhea in alexandria, egypt. | the role of campylobacter as a cause of bacterial diarrhea in young children in alexandria, egypt was investigated. stools or rectal swabs were collected from 880 children (mean age 9.8 months) presenting to a hospital with the primary complaint of diarrhea and from 1,079 well children (mean age 8.8 months) attending a vaccination clinic. isolation of campylobacter was significantly (p<0.0002) more frequent from cases (17.2%) than from controls (6.4%). campylobacter was isolated from children pr ... | 1995 | 17214155 |
| bacteriological quality of ready to eat meals. | microbial investigation of 30 samples of roasted liver and 30 samples of meat sandwiches, collected randomly from different peddlers and restaurants in alexandria city, was conducted to evaluate their sanitary status. the average count/gm of total aerobic bacterial count thermophilic, total coliform and faecal coliform counts isolated from liver sandwiches were 8.11 x 10(6), 1.05 x 10(5) and 9.04 x 10(3), but from meat sandwiches (shawerma) were 7.06 x 10(4), 6.24 x 10(3), 2.26 x 10(3) and 1.09 ... | 1995 | 17214179 |
| microbial evaluation of some heat treated turkey products at different processing stages. | random samples at the three processing stages of turkey keshta, turkey rosto, turkey luncheon and turkey frankfurter (20 samples for each stage were collected). for luncheon and frankfurter, 20 samples of each of thighs and breast represents the 1 st stage of processing were also taken. these samples were obtained from some meat processing plants at alexandria province to make a total of 280 samples. the samples were examined microbiologically and the results revealed that, the total aerobic bac ... | 1999 | 17216949 |
| screening of some food poisoning bacteria in sausage and hamburger meat. | microbial investigation of 30 samples of sausage meat and 30 samples of hamburger meat, freshly prepared, were collected randomly from different markets in alexandria city, to determine the bacteriological status of these products. the average counts/gm of total bacteria, total coliforms and fecal coliform in sausage meat were 1.33 x 10(7), 9.16 x 10(5) and 1.11 x 10(3) respectively, and in hamburger samples were 8.47 x 10(5), 2.63 x 10(3) and 1.35 x 10(3) respectively. shigella, escherichia col ... | 1996 | 17217001 |