Bacteriological and Clinical Survey of Diarrhea
II. Bacteriological Study on the Outpatients in a Town Before and After a Mass Outbreak of Dysentery
1968 Volume 42 Issue 2 Pages 21-26
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1968 Volume 42 Issue 2 Pages 21-26
In May 1965, an outbreak of diarrhea due to Shigella developed in a small town where there had not been such an outbreak for the past several years. From April to October, just before and after the outbreak, bacteriological studies were made on 95 patients who complained of diarrhea, in relation to the clinical features.
1. All 9 infants, who visited the clinic just before the outbreak and from whom Shigella bacilli were isolated, were belonging to the category of “Infektiose Ga.stroenterokolitis”.
2. Staphylococci were the most frequent isolates from the aged patient group classified into the categories “Infektiose Gastroenterokolitis” as well as “Monosymptomatische Diarrhoe”.
3. As for the remaining isolates, the bacterial pattern was the same as that described in the previous report.
