title: Shigella isolates in stool.
abstract: A total of 447 Shigella strains were isolated from stool samples during 1989-1991. Of these 270 (60%) were from children. Among the different species and serotypes Sh. flexneri 60 (13.4%) and Sh. sonnei Phage 139 (65%) were the most frequently isolated strains. 154 (34.4%) strains were resistant to three and 179 (40%) to more than three antibiotics. Some strains of Shigella were found to be resistant to furazolidine and neomycin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghuman
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Hobbs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D012760:Shigella / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012763:Shigella flexneri / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000302:isolation & purification