title: [Molecular biology detection and antibiotic sensitivities of Shigella spp. and entero-invasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) in patients returning from the tropics].
abstract: 1579 stool samples from patients with travel-associated diarrhea were examined by conventional culture methods to detect Shigella spp. (48 positive samples or 3.2%) and by PCR to detect shigellae and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC) (87 positive samplers or 5.8%). The numerical relation of shigellae to EIEC in PCR-positive samples was about 60 to 40%. However, the lack of discrimination between shigellae and EIEC is not important for the physician because the choice of antibiotics remains the same.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Altwegg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perschil
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gruner
mesh_terms: D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012760:Shigella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014195:Travel
vernacular_title: Molekularbiologischer Nachweis und Antibiotika-Empfindlichkeiten von Shigella spp. und enteroinvasiver Escherichia coli (EIEC) bei Tropenrückkehrern.