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Aeromonas hydrophila is a gram negative bacillus associated with seasonal variation in contamination of water supplies, as well as nosocomial and community-acquired diarrhea, pneumonia, wound infections, and bacteremia. A. hydrophila has been recovered from both chlorinated and unchlorinated drinking water. In this French study, investigators determined A. hydrophila susceptibility to chlorine.
Bacterial strains tested included 34 strains of A. hydrophila isolated from a hospital water supplys and from nosocomial infections, along with reference strains of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus species. In vitro bactericidal activity was determined by macro- and micromethods, using specific interfering substances over a range of dilutions and tem…