title: Bacteriological and clinical aspects of Aeromonas-associated diarrhea in The Netherlands.
abstract: Aeromonas species were isolated from 0.61% of 34,311 fecal samples during a 5-year period. Most strains belonged to DNA hybridization groups (HG) 4 (A. caviae), 8 (A. sobria), and 1 (A. hydrophila). Mannitol-negative A. schubertii (HG 12) and ornithine-positive A. veronii (HG 10) were not found. Multivariate analysis of the clinical data showed that Aeromonas-associated diarrhea cannot be attributed solely to cytotoxin production of the strains, but that it is also strongly associated with host factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kuijper
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Peeters
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000633:toxicity; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D003603:Cytotoxins