Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community
Introduction: Between 2004 and 2007, a birth cohort of Egyptian children was analysed to evaluate the epidemiology of enteric diseases. Methodology: A stool sample was collected from the study children every two weeks as well as whenever they experienced diarrhea. Samples were tested for routine...
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| author | Adel M Mansour Rania Abd Elkhalek Hind I Shaheen Hanan El Mohammady Samir Refaey Khaled Hassan Mark Riddle John W Sanders Peter J Sebeny Sylvia Y.N. Young Robert Frenck |
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Introduction: Between 2004 and 2007, a birth cohort of Egyptian children was analysed to evaluate the epidemiology of enteric diseases.
Methodology: A stool sample was collected from the study children every two weeks as well as whenever they experienced diarrhea. Samples were tested for routine bacterial pathogens as well as enteropathogenic viruses and parasites. A secondary goal of the study was to evaluate the burden of less commonly reported pathogens including Aeromonas hydrophila.
Results: Of the 348 study subjects, 79 had A. hydrophila isolated from their stool at some point during the study. Thirty-six children had exclusively symptomatic (S) infections while 33 had exclusively asymptomatic (AS) infections. However, 10 children had both S and AS infections. Among symptomatic cases, A. hydrophila was the sole pathogen isolated 36% of the time. An important aspect of A. hydrophila associated diarrhea was the high level of resistance to cephalosporins.
Conclusion: Although relatively uncommon, A. hydrophila was found to be associated with diarrhea among children living in Egypt and was frequently multi-drug resistant.
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| spelling | doaj-art-06173ad5ebdf41748127f3ac4f1cbb122025-08-20T02:57:14ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802012-12-0161210.3855/jidc.2390Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian communityAdel M Mansour0Rania Abd Elkhalek1Hind I Shaheen2Hanan El Mohammady3Samir Refaey4Khaled Hassan5Mark Riddle6John W Sanders7Peter J Sebeny8Sylvia Y.N. Young9Robert Frenck10US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, EgyptUS Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, EgyptUS Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, EgyptUS Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, EgyptMinistry of Health, Cairo, EgyptUS Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3, Cairo, EgyptNational Naval Medical Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USAUS Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, PeruNational Naval Medical Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USANavy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit 6 Pearl Harbor, HI, USACincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Ohio, Cincinnati, USA Introduction: Between 2004 and 2007, a birth cohort of Egyptian children was analysed to evaluate the epidemiology of enteric diseases. Methodology: A stool sample was collected from the study children every two weeks as well as whenever they experienced diarrhea. Samples were tested for routine bacterial pathogens as well as enteropathogenic viruses and parasites. A secondary goal of the study was to evaluate the burden of less commonly reported pathogens including Aeromonas hydrophila. Results: Of the 348 study subjects, 79 had A. hydrophila isolated from their stool at some point during the study. Thirty-six children had exclusively symptomatic (S) infections while 33 had exclusively asymptomatic (AS) infections. However, 10 children had both S and AS infections. Among symptomatic cases, A. hydrophila was the sole pathogen isolated 36% of the time. An important aspect of A. hydrophila associated diarrhea was the high level of resistance to cephalosporins. Conclusion: Although relatively uncommon, A. hydrophila was found to be associated with diarrhea among children living in Egypt and was frequently multi-drug resistant. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2390Aeromonas hydrophiladiarrheachildren |
| spellingShingle | Adel M Mansour Rania Abd Elkhalek Hind I Shaheen Hanan El Mohammady Samir Refaey Khaled Hassan Mark Riddle John W Sanders Peter J Sebeny Sylvia Y.N. Young Robert Frenck Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community Journal of Infection in Developing Countries Aeromonas hydrophila diarrhea children |
| title | Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community |
| title_full | Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community |
| title_fullStr | Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community |
| title_short | Burden of Aeromonas hydrophila –associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural Egyptian community |
| title_sort | burden of aeromonas hydrophila associated diarrhea among children younger than 2 years in rural egyptian community |
| topic | Aeromonas hydrophila diarrhea children |
| url | https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/2390 |
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