[The prevalence of Aeromonas spp. in the diarrheal feces of children under the age of 5 years in the city of Goiânia, Goiás in the 1995-1996 biennium].
From 1995 through 1996, 163 fecal specimens of children aged under 5 years were analysed, 91 being from diarrhea feces and 72 without diarrhea. The material was collected in transport medium and submitted to the enrichment procedure at 4 degrees C for 7 days. For the primary isolation starch ampicillin agar was used and incubated at 35 degrees C for 18 to 24 hours. Twenty (20.9%) from the following specimens were isolated: Aeromonas (A.) caviae (7.7%), A. salmonicida salmonicida (6.6%), A. sobria (4.3%), A. hydrophila (2.2%) and Salmonicida achromogenes (1.1%). No Aeromonas spp. was isolated from the 72 control subjects. The Aeromonas spp. susceptibility to antimicrobial was greater with ciprofloxacin, being this susceptibility gradually diminished with chloranphenicol, gentamicin, ampicillin and erythromycin.
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Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia.
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D000333:Aeromonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents