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serum antibody to lipopolysaccharide antigens of shigella species among u.s. military personnel deployed to saudi arabia and kuwait during operations desert shield and desert storm.during operations desert shield and desert storm, u.s. troops were at high risk of diarrheal disease due to shigella spp., particularly shigella sonnei. in order to better understand the serologic response to shigella infection, 830 male u.s. combat troops were evaluated before and after the deployment to saudi arabia and kuwait for immunoglobulin a (iga) and igg anti-shigella lipopolysaccharide (lps) (antibody to s. sonnei form i and shigella flexneri serotypes 1a, 2a, and 3a) in serum. just be ...19958574833
plasmid-mediated drug resistance of shigellae in kuwait.of 153 clinical isolates of shigellae examined, 64.7% belonged to shigella flexneri, 18.9% to sh. sonnei, 11.8% to sh. boydii and 4.6% to sh. dysenteriae. part of these isolates were resistant to sulfamethoxazole and streptomycin (88.2% each), ampicillin (66.7%), tetracycline (63.4%) and co-trimoxazole (43.1%), with levels of resistance (mic50 and mic90) being invariably high. resistance to three or more drugs (multidrug resistance) was seen in 77.8% of the isolates. all the 25 strains examined ...19853899007
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