Observations on Aeromonas hydrophila septicaemia in a patient with leukaemia.
A Gram-negative bacillus isolated from the blood of a leukaemic patient with septicaemia was identified on the basis of common tests as Escherichia coli. However, the organism's antibiogram was atypical of E. coli and led to its re-examination and correct identification as Aeromonas hydrophila. A. hydrophila is sensitive to chloramphenicol and tetracycline, characteristics useful in differentiation from E. coli. A simple test differentiating this organism from the Enterobacteriaceae is the oxidase test. A. hydrophila is oxidase positive.
D000293:Adolescent; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology
D002701:Chloramphenicol; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D013752:Tetracycline