AeromonasIsolates from Human Diarrheic Stool and Groundwater Compared by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis
| Autor: | Jon H. Standridge, Mary E. Stemper, Mark A. Borchardt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Diarrhea Microbiology (medical) Epidemiology Population lcsh:Medicine drinking pulsed-field Reference laboratory lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Microbiology Feces Water Supply Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis medicine Humans lcsh:RC109-216 education Phylogeny education.field_of_study biology Research lcsh:R water microbiology biology.organism_classification Electrophoresis Gel Pulsed-Field Aeromonas hydrophila Infectious Diseases Aeromonas electrophoresis bacterial typing techniques medicine.symptom Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections Groundwater |
| Zdroj: | Emerging Infectious Diseases Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 224-228 (2003) |
| ISSN: | 1080-6059 1080-6040 |
| Popis: | Gastrointestinal infections of Aeromonas species are generally considered waterborne; for this reason, Aeromonas hydrophila has been placed on the United States Environmental Protection Agency Contaminant Candidate List of emerging pathogens in drinking water. In this study, we compared pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of Aeromonas isolates from stool specimens of patients with diarrhea with Aeromonas isolates from patients’ drinking water. Among 2,565 diarrheic stool specimens submitted to a Wisconsin clinical reference laboratory, 17 (0.66%) tested positive for Aeromonas. Groundwater isolates of Aeromonas were obtained from private wells throughout Wisconsin and the drinking water of Aeromonas-positive patients. The analysis showed that the stool and drinking water isolates were genetically unrelated, suggesting that in this population Aeromonas gastrointestinal infections were not linked with groundwater exposures. |
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