Fatal infection with Aeromonas sobria and Plesiomonas shigelloides.

Fatal infection with Aeromonas sobria and Plesiomonas shigelloides.

525 vaccine. The vaccine contained formaldehyde detoxified, aluminium adsorbed diphtheria and tetanus toxins, 25 and 75 flocculation units/ml respectively (SBL, Sweden). The subjects were randomised by using sealed envelopes to receive the vaccine subcutaneously (21 subjects) or intracutaneously (18). The mean age was 29-8 (range 23-43) years, with no difference between the groups. Seven of the...

Fatal Plesiomonas shigelloides in a newborn.

Incidence of Aeromonas hydrophila and Plesiomonas shigelloides in Seafoods

The present study was conducted to investigate the incidence of the pathogens Aeromonas hydrophila and Plesiomonas shigelloides in 700 seafoods (400 raw fish, 100 raw shrimps and 200 raw mollusks) collected from retailers. Isolations were performed by conventional culture methods. The isolates were also confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays. A. hydrophila and P. shigelloides were ...

Plesiomonas shigelloides Infection in Southeast China

BACKGROUND Plesiomonas shigelloides can cause gastroenteritis and extra-intestinal diseases in humans. However, the prevalence of P. shigelloides infections has not been investigated in China. METHODS Consecutive fecal specimens from outpatients with acute diarrhea and non-diarrheal patients at nine sentinel hospitals in southeast China were collected from March 2010 to May 2012. Bacterial pa...

Plesiomonas shigelloides Infection, Ecuador, 2004–2008

Diarrheal risk associated with Plesiomonas shigelloides infection was assessed in rural communities in northwestern Ecuador during 2004-2008. We found little evidence that single infection with P. shigelloides is associated with diarrhea but stronger evidence that co-infection with rotavirus causes diarrhea.