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Differential susceptibility to human serum byAeromonas spp.

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A total of 91 strains ofAeromonas (A. hydrophila, A. sobria, andA. caviae) of clinical origin were challenged in vitro against pooled human serum. A majority of the isolates ofA. hydrophila andA. sobria were resistant to the bactericidal activity of human serum, as opposed to the more serum-sensitiveA. caviae species. This difference in serum sensitivity may potentially explain the greater association of the former species with bacteremia and invasive disease.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, 10029, New York, New York, USA

    J. Michael Janda, Rita Brenden & Edward J. Bottone

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Janda, J.M., Brenden, R. & Bottone, E.J. Differential susceptibility to human serum byAeromonas spp.. Current Microbiology 11, 325–327 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01567700

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