| prevalent serogroups and antimicrobial susceptibility of shigella strains in metro manila, 1982-1988. | from 1982 to 1988, shigella was detected in 4% of stool specimens cultured at the research institute for tropical medicine (ritm), manila. s. flexneri was the most prevalent serogroup with 2a, 1b and 1a as the predominant serotypes. isolation was most frequent during the july to december period. drug resistance was most often observed in s. flexneri with serotype 2a exhibiting resistance to the combination of ampicillin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline and streptomycin. more multiple-drug than sin ... | 1990 | 2237588 |
| symptoms associated with diarrhoeal illness at san lazaro hospital, manila in 1983 and 1984. | the clinical features associated with various agents of diarrhoeal disease were studied using 2,836 patients admitted to san lazaro hospital, manila. three general patient groups were considered including single pathogen isolations, "multiple pathogen" isolations, and "no pathogen" isolations. in general, symptoms of diarrhoeal illness were found to be non-specific. however, shigella flexneri. vibrio parahemolyticus, and rotavirus were significantly associated with a number of prominent symptoms ... | 1989 | 2609210 |
| two-year survey of etiologic agents of diarrheal disease at san lazaro hospital, manila, republic of the philippines. | the prevalence of bacterial pathogens and rotavirus in 2,908 patients with diarrhea who were admitted to san lazaro hospital in manila in 1983 and 1984 was determined. one or more enteric pathogens were isolated or detected in samples from 1,698 (58.4%) patients. isolation rates for the various enteropathogens were as follows: rotavirus, 30.6%; shigella spp., 11.6%; salmonella spp., 9.2%; enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (1983 only), 7.8%; vibrio cholerae biotype eltor, 3.8%; non-o1 v. cholerae, ... | 1987 | 3038946 |