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Aeromonas-related diarrhoea in Nasarawa, Nigeria.

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Author	Kandakai-Olukemi, Y. T. Mawak, John Danjuma Olukemi, M. A. Ojumah, S. O.
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	BACKGROUND Two hundred and fifty volunteer patients attending 5 major hospitals in Nasarawa town, Nasarawa State, Nigeria were involved in this study to determine the prevalence of Aeromonas spp in persons with diarrhoea. The study population consisted of 133 males and 117 females between the ages of 0-70 years. METHODS Stool samples (148 diarrhoeal and 102 non-diarrhoeal) were analysed for the presence of Aeromonas spp. using standard bacteriological methods. The isolates were also subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing using the disc diffusion method. RESULTS Four (1.60%) of the 250 stool samples were positive for Aeromonas spp. Three (2.03%) of the isolates were recovered from diarrhoeal specimens and 1 (0.98%) from non-diarrhoeal (control) samples. The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The highest numbers of isolates 3 (3.66%) were recovered from age group 0-10 years while age group 61-70 years yielded 1 (14.29%). All isolates were found to be Aeromonas hydrophilia. The isolates were all sensitive to tetracycline, gentamicin, chloramphenicol, cotrimoxazole and streptomycin but resistant to penicillin and ampicillin. Other enteropathogens isolated were Shigella spp 5 (2.0%) and Salmonella spp 2 (0.8%). CONCLUSION This study has shown that a small percentage of gastroenteritis can be attributed to Aeromonas hydrophilia.
Starting Page	4874
Ending Page	4881
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.bioline.org.br/pdf?am07019
PubMed reference number	18240708v1
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	2
Journal	Annals of African medicine
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Aeromonas Ampicillin Chloramphenicol Diarrhea Feces Gastroenteritis Gentamicins Patients Penicillins Salmonella infections Specimen Streptomycin Tetracycline Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Combination
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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