Incidence of Aeromonas bacteremia in Southern Taiwan: vibrio and Salmonella bacteremia as comparators.
The aim of the investigation was to describe the incidence of Aeromonas bacteremia in a city with a population of about 1.87 million inhabitants, located in southern Taiwan, between 2008 and 2010. Such data were compared with the incidences of Vibrio and Salmonella bacteremia in the same period and the incidence of Aeromonas bacteremia in other countries in the literature. The data revealed the average annual incidences of bacteremia due to Aeromonas, Vibrio, and Salmonella species were 76, 38, and 103 cases/million inhabitants, respectively. The incidence of Aeromonas bacteremia was higher than those in Western countries.
Department of Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chi-Jung
CJ
Wu
Department of Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Po-Lin
PL
Chen
Department of Internal Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Jen
HJ
Tang
Department of Pathology, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Mo
HM
Chen
National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan.
Fan-Chen
FC
Tseng
Department of Emergency Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Hsin-I
HI
Shih
Department of Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine, Tainan, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, Tainan Hospital, Executive Yuan, Taiwan.
Yuan-Pin
YP
Hung
Department of Internal Medicine, Kuo General Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chih-Huan
CH
Chung
Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, College of Medicine and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Center for Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan. Electronic address: winston3415@gmail.com.
Wen-Chien
WC
Ko
D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population; D014733:Vibrio / Q000302:isolation & purification*