title: [Analysis about epidemic situation of dysentery near upon fourteen years in Beijing].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing 100013, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Gui-Rong
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xin-Yu
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yao-Wu
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: 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