title: Non-enteritic aeromonas infections in hospitalized patients.
abstract: Aeromonas species were isolated from specimens other than faeces from 59 hospital inpatients over a 15 year period. Of the isolates, 79.7% were regarded as clinically significant, with skin and soft tissues and blood cultures as the commonest sites of infection. Of the isolates, 52.5% were hospital-acquired, and 55.9% of patients had serious underlying disease. Community-acquired infections in previously healthy individuals accounted for only 13.6% of isolates. However unlike many other opportunistic infections, aeromonas infection was not closely associated with prior antibiotic therapy, nor was there a significant increase in the frequency of infection over the study period.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000382:microbiology*; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000382:microbiology*