Emerging Aeromonas spp. infections in Europe: characterization of human clinical isolates from German patients.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria of the genus Aeromonas are widely distributed in water bodies around the world. Some Aeromonas species have been identified as human pathogens causing intestinal and a variety of extraintestinal infections. In Germany, information on diseases caused by Aeromonas is rare, because Aeromonas infections are not notifiable in Germany. To address this information gap and gain better insights, a successful collaboration with human medical diagnostic laboratories within Germany was established and several Aeromonas isolates from diseased patients were sent to the Aeromonas laboratory of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment. 52 clinical Aeromonas isolates, of which anonymized patients' data were available, were selected for furth

SUBMITTER: Schwartz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11688387 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature