[Detection of Shigella antigens in the feces of patients with acute intestinal diseases using a coagglutination reaction].

A total of 113 patients with acute intestinal diseases have been examined with the use of the coagglutination test. 84.95% of the patients showed the presence of different Shigella antigens. In patients with bacteriologically confirmed dysentery the corresponding Shigella antigens were detected in 96.97% of cases in S. sonnei dysentery, in 90% of cases in S. flexneri dysentery, in 75% of cases in S. newcastle dysentery and in 100% of bases in S. boydii dysentery. In 81.6% of patients with acute intestinal diseases of unknown etiology the coagglutination test revealed the presence of various Shigella antigens.