Asian Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (ISSN: 2249-622X)

Abstract

Change of host by Aeromonas salmoncida from aquatic fish to man- a case report

Author(s): Mathews AA, Rajamani S, Appalaraju B

Aeromonas species are gram negative bacilli widely distributed in aquatic environment.The most common pathogens among Aeromonas species include Aeromonas caviae & Aeromonas veronii. They are known to cause sepsis, gastroinstestinal and extraintestinal infections. Here we report a case of Aeromonas salmoncida isolated from a non healing ulcer of a 63 year old female patient. It is usually isolated from aquatic fishes and is rarely isolated from human infections.

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