| shigellosis at a caribbean resort. hamburger and north american origin as risk factors. | during a three-week period in 1984, 339 tourists and expatriate employees with diarrhea visited the infirmary at a caribbean resort club. epidemiologic studies suggested that over 60% of the 1,893 tourists at the resort club during that time may have been ill. shigella flexneri 4a was isolated from seven of 18 stool specimens. a few cases of diarrheal illness occurred at the resort club before the onset of the outbreak, which was temporally related to illness in a butcher. north american residen ... | 1987 | 3318410 |
| an outbreak of shigellosis aboard a cruise ship caused by a multiple-antibiotic-resistant strain of shigella flexneri. | from october 23 to october 27, 1989, an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred aboard a cruise ship in the caribbean. the 818 passengers and 518 crew members were surveyed for gastrointestinal symptoms; 72 (14%) of 512 passengers and 12 (3%) of 388 crew members who answered the survey reported having a diarrheal illness. multiple-antibiotic-resistant shigella flexneri 4a was isolated from 19 ill passengers and two ill crew members. thirteen people were hospitalized, and prolonged duration of illne ... | 1991 | 1652203 |