Bangladesh Medical Research Council (BMRC)
During an investigation of an epidemic of diarrhoeal diseases in the Sylhet district of Bangladesh, Aeromonas hydrophila was isolated from the stool samples of 8.5% of acute diarrhoeal patients aged under 19. Out of 6
positive cases of A. IIydrophila, 4 had watery stools without fever and 2 had bloody mucoid stools with fever. All the strains were resistant to ampicillin and sensitive to kanamycin, streptomycin and gentamicin…