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Faecal Aeromonas spp. in Balinese children
Author(s) -
SANTOSO HENDRA,
AGUNG I. G. N.,
ROBINSON JENNIFER,
GRACEY MICHAEL
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of gastroenterology and hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.214
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1440-1746
pISSN - 0815-9319
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1986.tb00105.x
Subject(s) - aeromonas hydrophila , feces , aeromonas , diarrhea , ingestion , isolation (microbiology) , microbiology and biotechnology , enterotoxin , pathogen , vibrionaceae , medicine , veterinary medicine , biology , bacteria , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Aeromonas species were found in the faeces of 15.5% of Balinese children with diarrhoea and 12.7% of children without diarrhoea. When only the strains which produce cytotoxic enterotoxin are considered, the isolation rate in the group with diarrhoea (7.1%) was more than twice that in the control group (2.8%). The predominant species was A. hydrophila , a strain associated with environmental sources. Faecal isolates found in Bali may reflect ingestion of contaminated water and may simply be transient. Further studies are needed to clarify the importance of Aeromonas species as an enteric pathogen in developing countries.