| shigella and salmonella strains isolated from children under 5 years in gaborone, botswana, and their antibiotic susceptibility patterns. | we isolated shigella from 43/221 (21%) and salmonella 8/221 (3%) rectal swabs from children under 5 years with diarrhoea, and found shigella in two of 100 specimens from children without diarrhoea. sh. boydii (13%) was the most prevalent shigella species followed by sh. flexneri (6%) and sh. sonnei (2%). the prevalence of various types of sh. boydii was type 7, 5%; type 9, 3%; type 12 and 16, 2%; and type 18, 1%. other shigella serotypes encountered were sh. flexneri type 6 (4%), type 4 (2%), wi ... | 2001 | 11251896 |
| an epidemiologic review of enteropathogens in gaborone, botswana: shifting patterns of resistance in an hiv endemic region. | the epidemiology of diarrheal disease in botswana, an hiv endemic region, is largely unknown. our primary objective was to characterize the prevalent bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens in gaborone, botswana. secondary objectives included determining corresponding antimicrobial resistance patterns and the value of stool white and red blood cells for predicting bacterial and parasitic enteropathogens. | 2010 | 20543877 |