Virulence-Associated Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance of Aeromonas hydrophila Isolates from Animal, Food, and Human Sources in Brazil

Table 2

Number of Aeromonas hydrophila isolates with 4 to 5 virulence genes by source and origin.

Virulence profile	No. isolates	Source	Origin ()
act, aerA, alt, exu, hlyA	4	AN; HU	A. gazella (1); Fecal swab (1); Feces (2)
act, aerA, alt, exu	1	FO	Gallus gallus
act, aerA, alt, hlyA	1	AN	M. novaeangliae
act, aerA, exu, hlyA	11	AN; HU	P. blainvillei (2); S. coeruleoalba (7); L. atricilla (1); Fecal swab (1)

FO: food; AN: animal; HU: human. act: cytotoxic enterotoxin; aerA: aerolysin; alt: heat-labile cytotonic enterotoxin; exu: DNase-nuclease; hlyA: hemolysin.