Identification error of Aeromonas aquariorum: a causative agent of septicemia

Yoshitomo Morinaga; Katsunori Yanagihara; Fadua Leila Latif Eugenin; Roxana Beaz-Hidalgo; Shigeru Kohno; Maria Josefa Figueras Salvat

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.01.019

Identification error of Aeromonas aquariorum: a causative agent of septicemia

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2013 May;76(1):106-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.01.019. Epub 2013 Feb 23.

Authors

Yoshitomo Morinaga¹, Katsunori Yanagihara, Fadua Leila Latif Eugenin, Roxana Beaz-Hidalgo, Shigeru Kohno, Maria Josefa Figueras Salvat

Affiliation

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.

PMID: 23461831
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2013.01.019

Abstract

A genetic reidentification of 7 Aeromonas blood isolates revealed that phenotype-based identification systems misidentified 5 (71.4%) isolates. In Aeromonas strains, A. aquariorum was the most common misidentified organism and showed the most potent cytotoxic activities against human blood cell lines, suggesting that the correct identification of A. aquariorum is important.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

Aeromonas / classification*
Aeromonas / genetics
Aeromonas / isolation & purification
Cell Line
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / diagnosis
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Humans
Lethal Dose 50
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Sepsis / diagnosis
Sepsis / microbiology*
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

DNA, Bacterial