CENTAF SURGEON GENERAL GENERAL DIRRHEA DISEASE

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SUBJECT: 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.






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    01 01 300505Z OCT 90 PP PP UUUU                        
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   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)]
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   6. NORFLOXACIN MUST BE PURCHASE LOCALLY.
    7.    [(b)(2)]