Batchaev, Kh.Kh., Arapova, V.I., Pilipenko, T.D., Bolatchiev, K.Kh., Arkhipova, N.I.

Features of etiological structure of shigellosis in Karachaevo-Cherkes Republic in 1996 — 2005

Center of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Karachaevo-Cherkes Republic, Russia

Incidence and etiologic structure of shigellosis in Karachaevo-Cherkes Republic for 10 years are analyzed and compared with same characteristics in Russia overall. Sharp rise of shigellosis cases number is detected in 2003 — 2005 as well as predominance of Shigella so

ei represented by biovar IIg. It was shown that Shigella strains with different resistance to tetracycline and chloramphenicol circulate in Karachaevo-Cherkes Republic.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2007, No. 2, P. 87—89