Data/hora: 06/06/2024 01:19:11

Provedor de dados: | 59
País: | Brazil
Título: | Aeromonas species isolated from PINTADO fish (Pseudoplatystoma sp): virulence factors and drug susceptibility
Autores: | Rall,Vera Lúcia Mores; Iaria,Sebastião Timo; Heidtmann,Sandra; Pimenta,Fabiana Cristina; Gamba,Rosa Carvalho; Pedroso,Débora Midori Myaki.
Data: | 1998-09-01
Ano: | 1998
Palavras-chave: | Aeromonas sp; Virulence factors; Drug susceptibility; Fish.
Resumo: | Aeromonas has been described as an emergent foodborne pathogen of increasing importance. In this study, we report that 48% of 50 Pintado fish samples collected at the retail market of São Paulo city were positive for Aeromonas sp, as detected by the direct plating method. When the presence/absence method was used, the positivity was 42%. A. caviae was the most frequent species, followed by A. hydrophila and A. sobria. Production of cytotoxic enterotoxin, observed in suckling mouse assay, was detected in 67% of A. sobria strains, in 60% of A. hydrophila strains and in 40% of A. caviae strains. In vitro tests, performed with HEp-2 cells, showed that 88% of A. hydrophila, 27% of A. sobria and 13% of A. caviae strains were positive for this toxin. The in vivo production of cytotonic enterotoxin, tested after heating the filtrates at 56ºC for 20 minutes, was detected in 17% of A. sobria, in 10% of A. caviae and in none of A. hydrophila strains in vivo. All analyzed strains did not alter HEp-2 cells. 20% and 16% of A. sobria and A. caviae isolates, respectively, presented capacity to adhere to HEp-2 cells. In counterpart, invasion of HEp-2 cells was not observed in any isolate. The Aeromonas isolates were sensitive to the majority of the antimicrobiol agents tested.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37141998000300015
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0001-37141998000300015
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista de Microbiologia  v.29 n.3 1998
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess