Sampson C C, Leslie B
J Natl Med Assoc. 1979 Jan;71(1):35-6.
Shigellosis, a worldwide epidemiological problem, is caused usually by six serotypes of Shigella. Man is the principal host, often infected by person-to-person contact. The number of reported cases of shigellosis has progressively increased during the past decade. Because of the observation, the authors reviewed all isolations of Shigella species in patients at Howard University Hospital. There were 176 isolations from 53 patients during the 4½ year period of the study. The study emphasizes the scope and distribution of the disease and the effectiveness of isolation and identification procedures.
志贺氏菌病是一个全球性的流行病学问题，通常由六种血清型的志贺氏菌引起。人类是主要宿主，常通过人际接触感染。在过去十年中，志贺氏菌病的报告病例数呈逐步上升趋势。基于这一观察结果，作者回顾了霍华德大学医院患者中所有志贺氏菌属的分离情况。在该研究的4年半期间，从53名患者中分离出176株菌株。该研究强调了该疾病的范围和分布以及分离和鉴定程序的有效性。
