title: [Phenotype markers in strains of Aeromonas isolated in Cuba from children with an acute diarrheic disease].
abstract: Twenty-seven cases of Aeromonas isolated from 300 five-years children with acute diarrheal disease (EDA) were studied, with the aim for demonstrating the occurrence of some phenotypical markers associated with enteropathogenicity; among them were lysine decarboxylation, acetil methyl carbinol production, enterotoxigenicity, cytotoxicity and hemolysis. The percentage of analysed strains had two or more of the investigated markers, and 13 (48.1%) lysed the rabbit erythrocytes with titres higher than than 1:16. The presence of markers in Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas sobria, and Aeromonas caviae was demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bravo Fariñas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: San Germán Suárez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monté Boada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castillo Alvarez
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ramírez Alvarez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: García Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003462:Cuba; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010641:Phenotype