BSCI 424 — PATHOGENIC MICROBIOLOGY — Fall 2000

Aeromonas Summary


 

  Family Aeromonadaceae (Formerly Family Vibrionaceae)

  Gram-negative facultatively anaerobic bacillus

  Motile species have single polar flagellum (nonmotile species apparently not associated with human disease)

  Presumably 14 phenospecies: A. hydrophila, A. caviae, A. veronii biovar sobria

  Ubiquitous in fresh and brackish water

  Acquired by ingestion of or exposure to contaminated water or food

  Associated with gastrointestinal disease; chronic diarrhea in adults; acute, severe disease in children

  Opportunistic systemic disease in immunocompromised

  Wound infections

  Broad array of extra-intestinal diseases

  Putative virulence factors include: endotoxin; hemolysins; eneterotoxin; proteases; siderophores; adhesins  
 

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