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File: 110196_aacdi_01.txtSUBJECT: CENTAF SURGEON GENERAL GENERAL DIRRHEA DISEASE DESCRIPTION: REPORTS FINDING ENTEROGENIC E COLI SHIGELLA, SALONELL IN STOOL SPECIMENS ANALIZED FOR ENTERIC PATHOGENS, PARA 1 7 2. REPORTS PATHOGENS RESISTANT TO CERTAIN ANTIBIOTICS AND SENSITIVE TO OTHERS, PARA 2 & 3. UNCLASSIFIED 01 01 300505Z OCT 90 PP PP UUUU USCENTAF//SG// AIG 8598//SG// INFO 1 TFW DEFLOYED//CC// 4 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 33 TFW DEFLOYED//CC// 35 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 37 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 48 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 314 TAW DEPLOYED//CC// 317 TAW DEPLOYED//CC// 354 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 363 TFW DEFLOYED//CC// 388 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 401 TFW DEPLOYED//CC// 435 TAW DEPLOYED//CC// 440 TAW DEPLOYED//CC// - 1701 PAREFW DEPLOYED//CC// 1702 PAREFW DEPLOYED//CC// 1703 PAREFW DEPLOYED//CC// 1706 PAREFW DEPLOYED//CC// 4300 FBW DEPLOYED//CC// 4409 OSW DEPLOYED//CC// U N C L A S SUBJ: DIARRHEA DISEASE USCENTAF/SG # 90-OCT-154 REF: THE FOLLOWING IS A RETRANSMISSION OF USCINCCENT//CCSS///, 261328Z OCT 90 MESSAGE. FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY 1. DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1990, THE NAMRU-3 LABORATORY FWD IN AL JUBAYL ANALYZED 142 STOOL SPECIMENS FOR ENTERIC PATHOGENS. THESE SPECIMENS WERE COLLECTED FROM SYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS IN BOTH SAUDI ARABIA AND BAHRAIN. 2. ENTEROGENIC E. COLI (ETEC) WERE IDENTIFIED IN 52.8 PERCENT CF STOOL SAMPLES, SHIGELLA IN 27.5 PERCENT, AND SALMONELLA IN 2 PERCENT. OF THE ETEC ISOLATES, 49 PERCENT WERE RESISTANT TO TRIMETHOPRIM SULFAMETHOAZQLE (SEPTRA) AND TETRACYCLINE. OF THE SHIGELLA ISOLATES, 72 PERCENT WERE RESISTANT TO SEPTRA AND 85 PERCENT WERE RESISTANT TO TETRACYCLINE. ONE SEPTRA RESISTANT SALMONELLA ISOLATE WAS FOUND: 3. ALL IDENTIFIED BACTERIAL PATHOGENS HAVE BEEN SENSITIVE TO QUINOLONES: CIFROFLOXACIN AND NORFLOXACIN. 4. CIPROFLOXACIN: UNIT OF NSN ISSUE DOSAGE QUANTITY 6505-01-272-2386 BT 250 MG 50/BT 6505-01-272-2383 BT 250MG 100/BT 6505-01-272-2385 BT 500 MG 50/BT 5. CIPROFLOXACIN HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE IN DIARRHEAL TREATMENT USIN6 500 MG, PO, BID , FOR ONE DAY. [(b)(6)] UNCLASSIFIED 6. NORFLOXACIN MUST BE PURCHASE LOCALLY. 7. [(b)(2)]
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