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Bacillary dysentery in African children on the Witwatersrand


R.G. Boardman
R Cassel
E Kahn

Abstract

'It has .... been shown in the United States and elsewhere that when cases of "diarrhoea, enteritis and dysentery" are carefully studied, the majority appear to be bacillary dysentery.'

The investigation to be described was carried out to ascertain the importance of bacillary dysentery in the causation of diarrhoeal disorders among African children in the Johannesburg area. It was found that dysentery organisms were present in less than 20% of these patients.


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