TY - JOUR AU - Bartolini, Andrea AU - Zorzi, Giulia AU - Castellani, Elena AU - Besutti, Valeria PY - 2015/12/18 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Aeromonas spp.: an emerging pathogen? JF - Microbiologia Medica JA - Microbiol Med VL - 30 IS - 2 SE - Short Communications DO - 10.4081/mm.2015.4674 UR - https://www.pagepressjournals.org/mm/article/view/4674 SP - AB - The aim of this study is to identify and monitor the presence of <em>Aeromonas</em> spp. strains in stool cultures. We analyzed 5564 stool cultures from September 2012 to August 2013. Sixty-three patients were positive for Aeromonas spp. The most frequent symptoms were: diarrhea (46.0%) and abdominal pain (12.7%). Pediatric subjects were 28. Samples’ microscopic examination showed leukocytes in 38.1% of cases. It is still controversial whether Aeromonas are responsible for human gastroenteritis, but their presence in faecies of symptomatic patients supports their etiologic role. We propose search for toxins by polymerase chain reaction to identify strains that require an antibiotic therapy. ER -