[Phenotype markers in strains of Aeromonas isolated in Cuba from children with an acute diarrheic disease].
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.
Bravo Fariñas
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Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kourí.
San Germán Suárez
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Monté Boada
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Castillo Alvarez
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Ramírez Alvarez
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García Rodríguez
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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