[Analysis about epidemic situation of dysentery near upon fourteen years in Beijing].
OBJECTIVE
To realize the epidemiological and drug-resistance characteristics of dysentery during 1990 to 2003 in Beijing.


METHODS
The group's characteristics of dysentery were described and analysed by using descriptive study method. Drug sensitivity tests were performed with Kirby-Bauer method recommended by WHO, and data were analyzed with SPSS statistic software.


RESULTS
Average incidence rate was 222.24 /100 000 and incidence rate was high in children and in urban areas. The period of high incidence was found in July 16 to August 3. The equation of index-curve forecast model was gained as Y = e (5.816-0.5845x. It showed some value in predicting the tendency of dysentery. Shigella was sensitive to quinolones and cephalosporins, and there was no significant differences between the middle and high grade in these two kinds of antibiotics.


CONCLUSIONS
It should be taken as a measurement for the period of high incidence of dysentery.
Gao
Ting
T
Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China.
Liu
Gui-Rong
GR
Li
Xin-Yu
XY
Jia
Lei
L
Liu
Yuan
Y
Tang
Yao-Wu
YW
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016635:Universal Precautions