All issues > Volume 10(7); 1967

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1967;10(7):365-370. Published online July 31, 1967.

Studies on the Shigella Isolated in Taegu Area

Tae Ryong Paik¹, Chae Bum Shin¹, Jung Yul Shin¹, Young Key Han¹, Doo Hong Ahn¹

¹Dept, of Pediatrics,College of Medicine,Kyungpook National University

Abstract

Eighty strains of Shigella were isolated from 623 specimens of feces of suspected patients among children in Taegu area during the period from January of 1963 to December of 1964. Shigella were isolated frequently in summer and early autumn and from children of age under two The isolated strains were classified as follows: Shigella dysenteriae; 1 8strains2 3Shigella flexneri; 2a 42 2b 13 3a 1 4a 3 4b 1 5 1 Shigella boydii; 1 1 2 1 Shigella sonnei; 6 Strains sensitive to dihydrostreptomycin were most predominant and the numbers decreased in the order of sensitive strains to terramycin, aureomycin and chloromycetin among the strains isolated in 1963. However, strains sensitive to aureomycin were most predominant among the strains isolated in 1964,and the numbers decreased in the order of sensitive strains to terramycin and dihydrostreptomycin in 1964. Most of the strains were resistant to three or more antibiotics tested with the most predominant numbers of resistant strains to four drugs.

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