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Clinical and microbiological features of Aeromonas hydrophila-associated diarrhea
Abstract:
The prevalence of Aeromonas hydrophila in stool specimens from patients with diarrhea was studied during 18 months. A. hydrophila was found in 1.1% of patients with diarrhea and in none of 533 control patients (P less than 0.02). Cases were detected 1.5 times more often during the summer months than the winter months, and most occurred in children less than 2 years of age. Clinical features included fever greater than 38 degrees C (55%), abdominal cramps (35%), vomiting (25%), and duration of illness greater than 10 days (50%). Detection of A. hydrophila in stools was facilitated by the use of sheep blood agar with 15 micrograms of ampicillin per ml which was flooded with oxidase reagent after growth. A cytotoxin was produced by 62% of the isolates, and the cytotoxic strains showed positive results in a hemolysin assay and a lysine decarboxylase reaction.
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