AEROMONAS IN ADULT DIARRHEA - AN ENTEROPATHOGEN OR AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER

被引:10
作者
GOLIK, A
MODAI, D
GLUSKIN, I
SCHECHTER, I
COHEN, N
ESHCHAR, J
机构
[1] TEL AVIV UNIV, SACKLER SCH MED, ASSAF HAROFEH MED CTR, DEPT MICROBIOL, IL-70300 ZERIFIN, ISRAEL
[2] TEL AVIV UNIV, SACKLER SCH MED, ASSAF HAROFEH MED CTR, DEPT GASTROENTEROL, IL-70300 ZERIFIN, ISRAEL
[3] MINIST HLTH, CENT LAB, JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
关键词
Aerornonas sp; Diarrhea; Enteropathogen;
D O I
10.1097/00004836-199004000-00007
中图分类号
R57 [消化系及腹部疾病];
学科分类号
摘要
This is a study from a district hospital in Israel serving a population of 250,000. During 1986-1987, 1,005 stool specimens were cultured from 932 adult inpatients with acute diarrhea. Seventeen yielded Aeromonas species. Of the 12 strains phenotyped, 10 qualified as enteropathogenic. Five hundred stool specimens from asymptomatic control subjects, inhabitants of the same region, were negative for Aeromonas. The finding of Aeromonas as the apparently sole pathogen in acute adult diarrhea in a geographical area with a negligible asymptomatic carriage rate lends support to the possibility that Aerornonas is an enteropathogen in adults. © 1990 Raven Press, Ltd., New York.
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页码:148 / 152
页数:5
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