Non-cholera vibrios in enterobacteriologic routine

Authors

  • Vera Magalhães UFPE; CCS; Departamento de Medicina Tropical
  • Marcelo Magalhães UFPE; Laboratório Keizo Asami
  • Roberto A. Lima UFPE; CCS; Departamento de Medicina Clínica
  • Seiki Tateno UFPE; Laboratório Keizo Asami
  • Eduardo Magalhães Centro de Microbiologia e Imunologia

Keywords:

Vibrios, Diarréia, Coprocultura

Abstract

Of 3250 diarrheal stools received for microbiologic diagnosis at a private clinical laboratory in Recife, Brazil, strains of Vibrio were isolated from 55 (1.7%). The study was carried out from May 1989 through May 1991. For recovering Vibrio, fecal samples were enriched in alkaline peptone water supplemented with 2% NaCl and subcultured on thiosulfate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose agar (TCBS). Of the recovered species, V. parahaemolyticus was most commonly found (24 strains), followed by V. furnissii (15 strains), V. cholerae non-01 (6 strains), V. alginolyticus (4 strains), V. fluvialis (2 strains), and Vibrio sp. (1 strain). The low isolation rate of Vibrio raises doubts about the cost-effectiveness of the use of TCBS in the routine enterobacteriologic workup of clinical laboratories

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Published

1992-04-01

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How to Cite

Magalhães, V., Magalhães, M., Lima, R. A., Tateno, S., & Magalhães, E. (1992). Non-cholera vibrios in enterobacteriologic routine . Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De São Paulo, 34(2), 131-135. https://revistas.usp.br/rimtsp/article/view/28906