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Isolation and characterization of motile Aeromonas from human, food and environmental specimens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Yoshikazu Nishikawa  and
Teruhiko Kishi
Yoshikazu Nishikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Osaka CityInstitute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji, Osaka 543, Japan.
Teruhiko Kishi
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Osaka CityInstitute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Tennoji, Osaka 543, Japan.
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From July 1985 to March 1987, the occurrence of motile Aeromonas sp. in stool, food and environmental specimens was investigated to assess their pathogenic significance and to determine sources and routes of infection. A total of 9366 stool specimens were examined; Aeromonas was isolated from 11.1% of diarrhoeal stools and 2.2% of normal stools (P 0.001). Aeromonas counts in food specimens, which included minced beef, pork and chicken, seafood and various vegetables and their products, were unexpectedly high suggesting that infection might be food–borne rather than water–borne. About 70% of the isolates from meat products were A. hydrophila and A. sobria, while A. Caviae was the most common in sea–fish, vegetables and their products. Most A. hydrophila and A. sobria strains produced haemolysin, but haemagglutinin was found more frequently in A. Sobria.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , October 1988 , pp. 213 - 223
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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