Kourany M, Vasquez M A, Saenz R
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1977 Nov;26(6 Pt 1):1183-90. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.1183.
Edwardsiella tarda was isolated during etiologic and epidemiologic investigations of diarrheal disease agents in man and for Enterobacteriaceae in various species of wild-caught animals in Panamá. A total of 50 strains were recovered from approximately 14,000 specimens cultured between 1965 and 1972. In this period, Edwardsiella was isolated from ten individuals with a clinically diagnosed diarrheal syndrome, while 20 of some 3,000 persons from rural areas were asymptomatic carriers of these organisms. Edwardsiella tarda was also associated with two fatal cases of extraintestinal infection in man. In both cases liver abscess was a predominant feature. Edwardsiella was not demonstrated in either symptomatic or asymptomatic persons from urban areas. Edwardsiella tarda was present among some of the wild fauna of Panamá; various species of animals including snakes, toads, monkeys, and opossums harbored this organism.
迟钝爱德华氏菌是在对人类腹泻病病原体以及巴拿马各种野生捕获动物中的肠杆菌科进行病因学和流行病学调查期间分离出来的。在1965年至1972年期间培养的约14,000份标本中，共分离出50株菌株。在此期间，从10名临床诊断为腹泻综合征的个体中分离出迟钝爱德华氏菌，而在约3000名农村人口中，有20人是这些细菌的无症状携带者。迟钝爱德华氏菌还与两例人类肠外感染的致命病例有关。在这两例病例中，肝脓肿是主要特征。在城市地区有症状或无症状的人群中均未发现迟钝爱德华氏菌。迟钝爱德华氏菌存在于巴拿马的一些野生动物中；包括蛇、蟾蜍、猴子和负鼠在内的各种动物都携带这种细菌。
