Case management of a multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 outbreak in a crisis context in Sierra Leone, 1999–2000

From December 1999 to the end of February 2000, 4218 cases of dysentery were reported in Kenema district, southeastern Sierra Leone, by a Médecins Sans Frontières team operating in this region. Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 was isolated from the early cases. The overall attack rate was 7.5% but hi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2004-11, Vol.98 (11), p.635-643
Hauptverfasser:	Guerin, P.J., Brasher, C., Baron, E., Mic, D., Grimont, F., Ryan, M., Aavitsland, P., Legros, D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Animals Anti-Infective Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotic resistance Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases of the digestive system and abdomen Biological and medical sciences Child Child, Preschool Ciprofloxacin Ciprofloxacin - therapeutic use Disease Outbreaks - prevention & control Drug Resistance Dysentery Dysentery, Bacillary - drug therapy Dysentery, Bacillary - epidemiology Dysentery, Bacillary - mortality Female Fluoroquinolones General aspects Human bacterial diseases Humans Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Serotyping Sex Distribution Shigella dysenteriae Shigella dysenteriae - classification Shigella dysenteriae - isolation & purification Sierra Leone Sierra Leone - epidemiology
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