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1433252

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-8
pubmed:abstractText
During a 15-year period, 146 strains of Aeromonas spp. were isolated from 32810 faecal specimens from 13,820 hospitalised patients up to 13 years of age. These isolates constituted 4% of all the pathogenic bacterial strains cultured. For the years 1978-1988, the files of children with gastro-enteritis revealed 81 whose faeces yielded Aeromonas spp. Most of them (94%) were < 3 years of age, 78% < 1 year old. The peak incidence was at 2-6 months, involving severe morbidity including dehydration and vomiting with acidaemia and azotaemia; the mean duration of illness and length of hospitalisation at this age were longer than at other ages. Bloody diarrhoea was found in 7% of the children. Almost all the strains of Aeromonas were resistant to ampicillin. We conclude that Aeromonas spp. are of aetiological significance in gastro-enteritis in small children; culture for this pathogen should be routine in the bacteriological examination of faeces.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-2615
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
315-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
A 15-year study of the role of Aeromonas spp. in gastroenteritis in hospitalised children.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article