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Article: Abundance of clinical enteric bacterial pathogens in coastal waters and shellfish

TitleAbundance of clinical enteric bacterial pathogens in coastal waters and shellfish
Authors
KeywordsCoastal water
Salmonellae
Serotyping
V. cholerae
V. parahaemolyticus
Vp-TDH
Issue Date2000
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/watres
Citation
Water Research, 2000, v. 34 n. 1, p. 51-56 How to Cite?
AbstractIn order to study the prevalence of enteric pathogens capable of causing clinical illness in the environment, bacterial isolates collected from diarrhoeal patients, coastal waters and shellfish (including oysters, mussels and clams) were analysed by comparing their serotypes and by examining for the presence of particular pathogenic characteristics in the environmental isolates. Salmonellae (66%) dominated the 1211 bacterial isolates from diarrhoeal patients, followed by campylobacters (13%) and shigellae (6%). Vibrios and salmonellae made up the majority (85%) of the 458 isolates from coastal waters and shellfish. Among 870 Salmonella isolates serotyped, high incidences of S. typhimurium and S. enteriditis isolated from diarrhoeal patients were not observed in the case of the coastal waters nor shellfish. The Salmonella serotype distribution of clinical isolates, in general, were different from those isolated from coastal waters as well as shellfish. The most commonly isolated Salmonella species from the environmental samples were S. derby (13.7%) and S. infantis (12.3%) with serogroup O4 (31.5%) being the most commonly isolated serogroup. Among all the Vibrio ssp. isolated from the environmental samples, neither V. cholerae O1 causing epidemic infection worldwide nor V. cholerae O139 which had been reported to cause epidemics in India and Bangladesh in 1992 and 1993 was found. For the V. parahaemolyticus isolates, all clinical isolates produced thermostable direct haemolysin (Vp- TDH), while only a small percentage (1.5%) of the environmental isolates could produce Vp-TDH. In conclusion, no significant common characteristics had been found between the clinical isolates and those from the environmental sources.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/78854
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dc.contributor.authorYam, WCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChan, CYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo Bella, SWen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTam, TYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKueh, Cen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLee, Ten_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T07:47:37Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T07:47:37Z-
dc.date.issued2000en_HK
dc.identifier.citationWater Research, 2000, v. 34 n. 1, p. 51-56en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0043-1354en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/78854-
dc.description.abstractIn order to study the prevalence of enteric pathogens capable of causing clinical illness in the environment, bacterial isolates collected from diarrhoeal patients, coastal waters and shellfish (including oysters, mussels and clams) were analysed by comparing their serotypes and by examining for the presence of particular pathogenic characteristics in the environmental isolates. Salmonellae (66%) dominated the 1211 bacterial isolates from diarrhoeal patients, followed by campylobacters (13%) and shigellae (6%). Vibrios and salmonellae made up the majority (85%) of the 458 isolates from coastal waters and shellfish. Among 870 Salmonella isolates serotyped, high incidences of S. typhimurium and S. enteriditis isolated from diarrhoeal patients were not observed in the case of the coastal waters nor shellfish. The Salmonella serotype distribution of clinical isolates, in general, were different from those isolated from coastal waters as well as shellfish. The most commonly isolated Salmonella species from the environmental samples were S. derby (13.7%) and S. infantis (12.3%) with serogroup O4 (31.5%) being the most commonly isolated serogroup. Among all the Vibrio ssp. isolated from the environmental samples, neither V. cholerae O1 causing epidemic infection worldwide nor V. cholerae O139 which had been reported to cause epidemics in India and Bangladesh in 1992 and 1993 was found. For the V. parahaemolyticus isolates, all clinical isolates produced thermostable direct haemolysin (Vp- TDH), while only a small percentage (1.5%) of the environmental isolates could produce Vp-TDH. In conclusion, no significant common characteristics had been found between the clinical isolates and those from the environmental sources.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/watresen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofWater Researchen_HK
dc.subjectCoastal wateren_HK
dc.subjectSalmonellaeen_HK
dc.subjectSerotypingen_HK
dc.subjectV. choleraeen_HK
dc.subjectV. parahaemolyticusen_HK
dc.subjectVp-TDHen_HK
dc.titleAbundance of clinical enteric bacterial pathogens in coastal waters and shellfishen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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