Epidemiological data description of pediatric patients with diarrhea by Aeromonas spp. and the antibiotic susceptibility of this agent

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The aim of our study was to describe the epidemiological features of pediatric patients with diarrhea caused by Aeromonas spp. and to study the antibiotic susceptibility of this agent during a seven-year period. Aeromonas caviae was identified in 93 stool samples from 52.2% males and 85.6% patients younger than 36 months. The season with the lowest number of isolates was winter (14.4%). Co-infection with other diarrheagenic microorganisms was observed in 31.1% of the cases. The largest number of isolates was obtained from Emergency Department samples (45.6%); 43.3% of the patients presented with fever, 87.8% with diarrhea (43% of these cases were associated with pathological products) and 67.8% with vomiting, while 73.3% of the patients did not require hospital admission. Susceptibility higher than 87% was observed to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, ciprofloxacin, cefotaxime and cefepime. All the patients overcame the infectious process and 63.3% of them did not receive any antibiotic treatment during the process. A. caviae was the isolated species associated with intestinal infection. Antibiotic treatment would be specifically indicated in cases selected for their clinical severity.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:52

Enthalten in:

Revista Argentina de microbiologia - 52(2020), 1 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 22-26

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Descripción de datos clínico-epidemiológicos de pacientes pediátricos con diarrea por Aeromonas spp. y estudio de la sensibilidad antibiótica de dicho agente

Beteiligte Personen:

Del Valle de Toro, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Santos-Pérez, Juan Luis [VerfasserIn]
Navarro-Marí, José María [VerfasserIn]
Gutiérrez-Fernández, José [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aeromonas
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Epidemiología
Epidemiology
Gastroenteritis
Journal Article
Pediatría
Pediatrics

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Date Completed 28.01.2021

Date Revised 28.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ram.2019.03.003

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298626454