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| Author(s): |
Livia Carminato Balsalobre
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Saúde Pública (FSP/CIR) |
| Defense date: | 2009-05-22 |
| Examining board members: |
Maria Helena Matte;
Nilton Erbet Lincopan Huenuman;
Maria Inês Zanoli Sato
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| Advisor: | Maria Helena Matte |
| Abstract | |
The genus Aeromonas is widely distributed in aquatic environments, and recent studies include the genus in the emergent pathogens group, due to its frequent association with local and systemic human infections. This work was carried out aiming the investigation and sequencing virulence (act, alt and ast) and resistance (cphA, blaIMP, blaVIM, blaSPM-1, blaCTX-M, blaTEM e blaSHV) genes, also verifying the resistance profile of the strains using antibiograms and the occurrence of plasmids. From the 100 strains analyzed in this study, 87 belonged to A. jandaei (46) and A. hydrophila (41) species. Out of which it was observed the occurrence of act, alt and ast, respectively in 70.7 per cent (29), 97.6 per cent (40) and 26.8 per cent (11) of A. hydrophila strains, and in 4.4 per cent (2), 0 per cent (0) e 32.6 per cent (15) of A. jandaei strains. The genes blaIMP, blaVIM, blaSPM-1, blaCTX-M e blaSHV were not found. CphA gene was found in 97.6 per cent (40) and 100 per cent (46) of A. hydrophila and A. jandaei strains, respectively and blaTEM gene was found in 97.6 per cent (40) of A. hydrophila strains and in 85 per cent (39) of A. jandaei strains. Presence of plasmid was found in 10/41 (24.4 per cent) of A. hydrophila strains and in 16/46 (34,9 per cent) of A. jandaei strains (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 07/02266-7 - Ocurrence of virulence and resistance genes in Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas jandaei from environmental samples |
| Grantee: | Livia Carminato Balsalobre |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |