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G Corbett-Feeney

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PubMed1991

A change in meningococcal serogroups in the west of Ireland?

Admission of patients to University College Hospital, Galway over a five month period commencing December 1989 indicates an increase in the incidence of Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup C. Seven cases of Group CN. Meningitidis have been identified, five of them occurring over a four week period. A review of Meningococcal isolates occurring at this hospital over eleven years since 1979 shows, serogroup B as the predominant serogroup. Thirty-six isolates identified by serogrouping shows the distribution of serogroups as follows: Serogroup B 69.4%, Serogroup C 19.4%, Serogroup A 8.3%, Serogroup Z 2.7%. Serogrouping, and when available, further serotyping of meningococcal isolates is very important in order to follow epidemiological trends in the disease and to monitor the serogroups that cause outbreaks. This information can influence measures that can be taken in the prevention of spread of the disease as for example the use of vaccination as appropriate.

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PubMed1987

Cryptosporidium among children with acute diarrhoea in the west of Ireland.

During a period of 12 months beginning on 18 February 1985, 1246 specimens of faeces from 935 children aged 3 weeks to 12 years with acute diarrhoea of varying severity were examined for the presence of cryptosporidium oocysts. Twenty-six patients required admission to hospital; four of them needed intravenous rehydration. Predominant clinical features were diarrhoea, often watery, and vomiting. Diarrhoea varied in duration between 7-15 days. Cryptosporidium oocysts were found in specimens from 41 patients, an incidence of 4.3%. In four patients an additional enteropathogen was identified (Campylobacter species in two and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in two - serotypes 0126: K71 (B16) and 018C: K77 (B12]. None of the patients had recently travelled abroad. Of the children 23 were from a farming or rural background. Eight of the farms had recently had significant outbreaks of diarrhoea among calves. There was a marked seasonal variation with 27 of the cases arising between 18 February and 18 June, an incidence during this period of 8%.

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