Aeromonas as a human pathogen

M Altwegg, HK Geiss, BJ Freij - CRC Critical Reviews in …, 1989 - Taylor & Francis
The history of the genus Aeromonas reflects the confusing history of microbiology in the last
100 years. Because of numerous different names given to members of this genus (Table I), it …

Mesophilic aeromonads in human disease: current taxonomy, laboratory identification, and infectious disease spectrum

JM Janda, PS Duffey - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1988 - academic.oup.com
The importance of the genus Aeromonas in human disease has recently become better
appreciated through the use of improved methodologies for the recovery and identification of …

Aeromonas hydrophila Infections of Skin and Soft Tissue: Report of 11 Cases and Review

WL Gold, IE Salit - Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1993 - academic.oup.com
We report the clinical and microbiological characteristics of 11 cases of Aeromonas
hydrophila infection of skin and soft tissue, and we review the English-language literature on …

Aeromonas hydrophila: Ecology and Toxigenicity of Isolates from an Estuary

JB Kaper, H Lockman, RR Colwell… - Journal of Applied …, 1981 - Wiley Online Library
A microbiological survey of Aeromonas hydrophila in Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries
showed that this species is ubiquitous, occurring in numbers ranging from< 0.3/l to 5× …

Aeromonas-associated gastroenteritis

M Gracey, V Burke, J Robinson - The Lancet, 1982 - Elsevier
Enterotoxigenic Aeromonas spp. were isolated from 118 (10· 2%) children with diarrhoea
and 7 (0· 6%) of those without diarrhoea in a prospective, year-long study of 1156 children …

Virulence factors in motile Aeromonas species.

MM Cahill - Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 1990 - cabdirect.org
A review of virulence factors in Aeromonas spp. covering enterotoxins (cytotonic, cytotoxic
and their assay), haemolysins, proteases, haemagglutinins, endotoxins, virulence factors of …

Association of Aeromonas sobria with human infection

OP Daily, SW Joseph, JC Coolbaugh… - Journal of Clinical …, 1981 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fifteen Aeromonas isolates from various human infections and nine isolates from polluted
water were identified as either Aeromonas hydrophila or Aeromonas sobria and examined …

Aeromonas hydrophila and Plesiomonas shigelloides as Causes of Intestinal Infections

SD Holmberg, JJ Farmer III - Reviews of infectious diseases, 1984 - academic.oup.com
Infections due to Aeromonas hydrophila and Plesiomonas shigelloides in
immunocompromised hosts have been well documented, but the role of these organisms in …

Aeromonas intestinal infections in the United States

SD HOLMBERG, WL SCHELL… - Annals of Internal …, 1986 - acpjournals.org
To evaluate the clinical and epidemiologic aspects of aeromonas enteritis, we studied the
cases of 34 persons nationwide from whomAeromonas hydrophilahad been isolated in …

Lack of correlation between known virulence properties of Aeromonas hydrophila and enteropathogenicity for humans

DR Morgan, PC Johnson, HL Dupont… - Infection and …, 1985 - Am Soc Microbiol
Five strains of Aeromonas hydrophila were selected for use in volunteer challenge trials. All
five strains produced cytotoxin, hemolysin enterotoxin, lysine decarboxylase …