Incidence of Aeromonas species isolated from Diarrhoea patients and water samples from coastal districts of Odisha, India

Aeromonas species are ubiquitous water borne organisms and cause gastrointestinal infection in humans (Horneman et al., 2007). Aeromonas species comprises of mesophillic motile and psychrophilic nonmotile gram negative bacterium. Three distinctive gastroenteritis are caused by Aeromonas spp. (a) acute watery diarrhoea, (b) dysentery and (c) sub acute or chronic diarrhoea (Janda et al., 1998). Acute diarrhoeal diseases constitute an important cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, particularly among the infants and children in developing countries (Rao et al., 1965). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diarrhoeal diseases are among the ten major causes of death among young children in eleven countries of Africa, Asia and South America. The International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 5 Number 7 (2016) pp. 990-999 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com