Causes of community-acquired bacteremia and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Vientiane, Laos.

There is no published information on the causes of bacteremia in the Lao PDR (Laos). Between 2000 and 2004, 4512 blood culture pairs were taken from patients admitted to Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos, with suspected community-acquired bacteremia; 483 (10.7%) cultures grew a clinically significant community-acquired organism, most commonly Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (50.

[Intestinal parasitoses in Laos].

The authors give an account of the contemporary parasitological position in Laos, based on data from abroad, data provided by the Laos health services and results of the authors' parasitological examinations. Examination of clinical material (in Laos by Willis method and after fixation with SAF by examination of the sediment in the CSR) revealed a high immunity rate of the population with ascaridosis, ancylostomosis, trichuriosis and opisthorchosis and a relatively low prevalence of Protozoan infections.