Aeromonas caviae septicemia in immunocompetent gastrointestinal carriers
Braz. j. infect. dis
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12(6): 547-548, Dec. 2008. ilus
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-507462
ABSTRACT
Aeromonas caviae strains have been isolated from blood and stool cultures of three immunocompetent patients, residents of Northern India, who presented with community acquired septicemia without any recent history of diarrhea. Cell culture infectivity test performed on Hep-2 cells have shown substantial degree of invasiveness in the isolated strains. This case unleashes a possibility of asymptomatic gastrointestinal carriage of such strains of A. caviae in a very large population of India, as several areas of India have very high rates of Aeromonas induced acute diarrhea/gastroenteritis (up to 13 percent). It needs to be appraised further in India as well as other countries having high rates of Aeromonas induced acute diarrhea/gastroenteritis.
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Main subject:
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
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Bacteremia
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Aeromonas
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Digestive System
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Braz. j. infect. dis
Journal subject:
Communicable Diseases
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
India
Institution/Affiliation country:
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences/IN
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