Serotyping of Shigella isolated from a rural Me Tri commune, Tu Liem district, Ha Noi city and characteristics of diarrheal stool in these isolates
- Author:
Thong Thi Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diarrhea
- MeSH:
Shigella;
Serotyping;
epidemiology
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):43-44
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
67 Shigella strains were identified among 1125 diarrheal fecal samples (5.9%). The positive cases have been characterized by mucus, blood and leukocytes in the stool. The results showed that the proportion of S. flexneri isolates is highest (70.1%). Stool samples in which S. flexneri was detected have more mucus and blood and leukocytes per 10 fields than those seen in other groups. Meanwhile, stool samples found S. sonnei have not mucus and blood. Leukocytes in the stool were detected in the most of Shigella positive cases. We assumed that shigellosis caused by S. sonnei is milder than that caused by S. flexneri.
