Table 2 Bacteriologic specimens and strains isolated by the National Reference Laboratory 2005 to 2007
From: Strengthening systems for communicable disease surveillance: creating a laboratory network in Rwanda
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspected outbreak | Specimen type | Number of specimens received | Number of confirmed isolates | Number of specimens received | Number of confirmed isolates | Number of specimens received | Number of confirmed isolates |
| Cholera | Stool | 46 |
3 V. cholerae 01 Ogawa 8 V. cholerae 01 Inaba | 17 | 2 V. Cholerae 01 Ogawa | 110 |
8 V. cholerae 01 Ogawa 1 V. cholerae 01 Hikojima |
| Dysentery | Stool | 11 | None | None | None | 110 (same specimens as for cholera) | 4 E. coli 0157: H7 1 Shigella flexneri 1 Shigella sonnei |
| Measles | Blood | 188 |
0 measles 28 rubella | 187 |
42 measles 23 rubella | 132 |
12 measles 18 rubella |
| Typhoid fever | Blood | 42 |
8 Salmonella typhi
1 Salmonella. paratyphi B | 44 |
3 Salmonella typhi
1 Staphylococcus aureus | 132 |
3 Salmonella typhi
1 Staphylococcus aureus |
| Meningitis | Cerebro-spinal fluid | 20 |
2 N. meningitidis
5 Streptococcus pneumoniae | 21 | 6 Streptococcus pneumoniae | 22 |
6 S. pneumoniae
1 S. agalactiae 1 C. neoformans 1 C. albudis |
