Aeromonas spp. clinical microbiology and disease

J Infect. 2011 Feb;62(2):109-18. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.12.003. Epub 2010 Dec 14.

Abstract

Members of the genus Aeromonas inhabit various aquatic environments and are responsible for, and are implicated in, a number of intestinal and extra-intestinal infections in humans as well as other animals. This review focuses on invasive human infection and disease and summarizes available findings regarding the microbiology and detection of Aeromonas spp., with emphasis on successful identification and diagnosis, and the control of disease in the population. Antimicrobial resistance and therapy of Aeromonas spp. is also discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas* / classification
  • Aeromonas* / drug effects
  • Aeromonas* / isolation & purification
  • Aeromonas* / pathogenicity
  • Animals
  • Aquatic Organisms / microbiology
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Gastroenteritis / diagnosis
  • Gastroenteritis / drug therapy
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Sepsis / microbiology
  • Virulence Factors
  • Wound Infection / microbiology

Substances

  • Virulence Factors