Outbreak of dysentery due to nalidixic acid resistant S. dysenteriae 1 at Agartala, Tripura: a hospital based study.

During the epidemic of bacillary dysentery at Agartala, Tripura, a total of 62 hospitalized patients suffering from diarrhoeal diseases were studied during the later part (11-16 June, 1988) of the epidemic. Principal features of Shigellosis cases were discussed. Of these 62 cases investigated, 19(30.