Article
[Phenotype markers in strains of Aeromonas isolated in Cuba from children with an acute diarrheic disease].
Revista cubana de medicina tropical - 1 Jan 1995
Bravo Fariñas L, San Germán Suárez S, Monté Boada R, Castillo Alvarez A, Ramírez Alvarez M M, García Rodríguez B
Abstract excerpt
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...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Aeromonas
- Child, Preschool
- Cuba
- Diarrhea
- Diarrhea, Infantile
- Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
- Humans
- Infant
- Phenotype