High frequency of coinfecting enteropathogens in Aeromonas-associated diarrhea of hospitalized Peruvian infants.

doi:10.1128/jcm.29.6.1151-1156.1991

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High frequency of coinfecting enteropathogens in Aeromonas-associated diarrhea of hospitalized Peruvian infants.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 1991

Pazzaglia G, Sack R B, Salazar E, Yi A, Chea E, Leon-Barua R, Guerrero C E, Palomino J

Abstract excerpt

Rectal swabs from 391 infants less than 18 months of age who were hospitalized with acute diarrhea and from 138 similarly aged healthy infants were examined for the etiologic agents of diarrhea. Aeromonas spp. were recovered from 205 of 391 (52.4%) diarrheic patients, whereas they were recovered...

Topics

Aeromonas
Bacterial Infections
Diarrhea
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Peru
Phenotype
Seasons
Virulence

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