Salmonella typhi and chloramphenicol resistance.
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Chloramphenicol Resistance↗
Biomedical subjects
R S Wickremesinghe
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Bubonic plague--a clinical case with typical microscopic morphology.
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Drug Therapy, Combination↗
Loa loa in a Sri Lankan expatriate from Nigeria.
A worm was extracted from the subconjunctival space of the left eye in a 14-year old Sri Lankan girl, who returned to Sri Lanka in 1983 after spending six years in Nigeria. It was identified as a male Loa loa. A history of evanescent (Calabar) swellings was obtained. She also had significant eosinophilia. Microfilariae were not detected in the blood. This is the first case of Loa loa infection reported from Sri Lanka.
Adolescent↗
Penicillinase producing gonococci in Sri Lanka.
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Adult↗
Corynebacterium haemolyticum infections in Sri Lanka.
Corynebacterium haemolyticum infections are described for the first time in Sri Lanka. In a period of 2 years from 1978-80 C. haemolyticum was isolated from the pharynx of 9 patients wih tonsillitis and from local septic lesions in 7 other patients. Association with other pathogens was common. No patients had a rash. The properties of the isolates are described.
Adolescent↗
Pertussis--observations on some bacteriologically confirmed local cases.
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Bordetella pertussis↗
Anthrax bacillus - a preliminary report on its isolation and characterisation from soils in Sri Lanka.
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Animals↗
Corynebacterium haemolyticum. An uncommon cause of throat infection.
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Adolescent↗