Aeromonas spp associated with children's diarrhoea in Tehran: a case-control study.
The study sought a possible pathogenic role for Aeromonas spp in Tehranian children presenting with diarrhoea. During a 10-month period (February to October 2001), 310 children <10 years of age with diarrhoea and a group of 310 age- and sex-matched controls were selected. Both groups were investigated for diarrhoeal pathogens. Of 310 children who presented with acute diarrhoea, Aeromonas spp was isolated from 14 (4.5%) (A. veronii biovar sobria 8, A. caviae 5 and A. hydrophila 1). The isolation rate was significantly higher than in the controls (p<0.001). Other enteropathogens were also more commonly isolated in children with diarrhoea: 57 (18.4%) Shigella spp (p<0.0001), 8 (2.6%) Salmonella spp (p<0.01), 7 (2.3%) enteropathogenic E. coli (p<0.05) and 8 (2.6%) Giardia lamblia (p<0.01). No enteropathogens were isolated in the control group. Dysentery was the dominant clinical feature in children positive for Aeromonas spp.
Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Mehdi
MM
Soltan Dallal
Koorosh
K
Moezardalan
D000208:Acute Disease; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents