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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2014

Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas veronii predominate among potentially pathogenic ciprofloxacin- and tetracycline-resistant aeromonas isolates from Lake Erie.

Troy Skwor, Jasmine Shinko, Alexander Augustyniak, Christopher Gee, Greg Andraso

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Troy SkworRockford University, Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Rockford, Illinois, USA.
Jasmine Shinko
Alexander Augustyniak
Christopher Gee
Greg Andraso
Gannon University · USPennsylvania State University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Members of the genus Aeromonas are ubiquitous in nature and have increasingly been implicated in numerous diseases of humans and other animal taxa. Although some species of aeromonads are human pathogens, their presence, density, and relative abundance are rarely considered in assessing water quality. The objectives of this study were to identify Aeromonas species within Lake Erie, determine their antibiotic resistance patterns, and assess their potential pathogenicity. Aeromonas strains were isolated from Lake Erie water by use of Aeromonas selective agar with and without tetracycline and ciprofloxacin. All isolates were analyzed for hemolytic ability and cytotoxicity against human epithelial cells and were identified to the species level by using 16S rRNA gene restriction fragment length polymorphisms and phylogenetic analysis based on gyrB gene sequences. A molecular virulence profile was identified for each isolate, using multiplex PCR analysis of six virulence genes. We demonstrated that Aeromonas comprised 16% of all culturable bacteria from Lake Erie. Among 119 Aeromonas isolates, six species were identified, though only two species (Aeromonas hydrophila and A. veronii) predominated among tetracycline- and ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates. Additionally, both of these species demonstrated pathogenic phenotypes in vitro. Virulence gene profiles demonstrated a high prevalence of aerolysin and serine protease genes among A. hydrophila and A. veronii isolates, a genetic profile which corresponded with pathogenic phenotypes. Together, our findings demonstrate increased antibiotic resistance among potentially pathogenic strains of aeromonads, illustrating an emerging potential health concern.

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Drug Resistance, BacterialAeromonasAnti-Bacterial AgentsCell SurvivalCiprofloxacinDNA GyraseEpithelial CellsHemolysisLakesPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNATetracyclineVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCiprofloxacinDNA GyraseRNA, Ribosomal, 16STetracyclineVirulence Factors

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PMID24242249
PMCPMC3911203
OpenAlexW2111802525

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