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[shigella and salmonella isolated in burundi from 1980 to 1985].	data are presented on 633 strains of shigella, and 197 strains of salmonella, isolated in bujumbura, capital of burundi, between 1980 and 1985. the epidemiology of shigellosis is dominated by the resurgence of the shiga bacillus and by its increasing resistance against all available antibacterial drugs. salmonellosis is caused by a limited range of serotypes, most of them, with the exception of the typhoid bacillus, becoming multiresistant. bacteriaemia with s. enteritidis is a frequent complica ...	1987	3608004
[antibiotic sensitivity of 299 strains of shigella isolated in burundi].	bacillary dysentery which occurs endemoepidemically in burundi is currently on the rise and requires close epidemiologic and therapeutic monitoring. sensitivity tests using 13 antibiotics were performed on 299 strains of shigella isolated at the biology laboratory of the bujumbura university hospital center. the technique used to test antibiotic sensitivity was the disc diffusion method described by chabert et al. of the 299 strains studied, 250 (83.6%) were species of shigella dysenteriae type ...	1996	8767790