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closeNew subtitle highlighted "Shigella incidence and monthly rainfall" (last paragraph results section)
Posted by Hnjuguna on 12 Jun 2013 at 06:36 GMT
The paragraph currently reads as:
Drug susceptibility
Over 80% of Shigella isolates were resistant to each of the following drugs: streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, tetracycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Table 3). Three (1%) isolates were resistant to ceftriaxone. Seven (3%) isolates were resistant to nalidixic acid, of which 2 (29%) were also resistant to ciprofloxacin (Table 3). Shigella incidence and monthly rainfall Shigellosis cases occurred throughout the year. There were no significant association between Shigella incidence and monthly rainfall (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.002, p-value = 0.99).
The corrected version should read as:
Drug susceptibility
Over 80% of Shigella isolates were resistant to each of the following drugs: streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, tetracycline and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (Table 3). Three (1%) isolates were resistant to ceftriaxone. Seven (3%) isolates were resistant to nalidixic acid, of which 2 (29%) were also resistant to ciprofloxacin (Table 3).
Shigella incidence and monthly rainfall
Shigellosis cases occurred throughout the year. There were no significant association between Shigella incidence and monthly rainfall (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.002, p-value = 0.99).