Role of Aeromonas Isolated from Feces of Finnish Patients
| Autor: | Valtonen, Hilpi Rautelin, Kahanpää A, Timo U. Kosunen, Lehti H, Aulikki Sivonen, Olli-Veikko Renkonen, Arja Kuikka |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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Diarrhea Male Microbiology (medical) Salmonella Biovar Biology medicine.disease_cause Microbiology Feces 03 medical and health sciences Vibrionaceae Prevalence medicine Bacteriology Humans Prospective Studies Finland Aged 030304 developmental biology Aged 80 and over Bacteriological Techniques 0303 health sciences General Immunology and Microbiology 030306 microbiology Campylobacter General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification Gastroenteritis 3. Good health Infectious Diseases Aeromonas Female medicine.symptom Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 27:207-210 |
| ISSN: | 1651-1980 0036-5548 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/00365549509019010 |
| Popis: | Aeromonas species were isolated from 249/13,027 (1.9%) stool samples submitted to the Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, during 1 year, to be cultured for bacterial enteropathogens. Aeromonas was the third most common enteropathogen isolated, after campylobacter (3.6%) and salmonella (3.3%). Isolates and clinical information from 234 Aeromonas patients were available for further study. A. caviae (41%), A. hydrophila (27%), and A. veronii biovar sobria (22%) were the most frequent isolates. In 15% of the patients, other enteropathogens were found along with aeromonas. Only 2% of all aeromonas-positive patients were found to be asymptomatic, whereas no aeromonas isolates were detected in the stools of 343 asymptomatic individuals. Almost all (96%) patients with aeromonas in their feces had gastroenteritis. Patients infected with A. veronii biovar sobria had a shorter illness course and had more often travelled abroad. In conclusion, Aeromonas spp. were found to be a potential cause of diarrhea in Finnish patients. |
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