| Aeromonas veronii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Aeromonadales |
| Family: | Aeromonadaceae |
| Genus: | Aeromonas |
| Species: | A. veronii
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| Binomial name | |
| Aeromonas veronii Hickman-Brenner et al., 1987
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| Synonyms | |
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Aeromonas culicicola[1] | |
Aeromonas veronii is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium found in fresh water and in association with animals.[2] In humans A. veronii can cause diseases ranging from wound infections and diarrhea to sepsis in immunocompromised patients. In leeches, this bacterium is thought to function as a symbiote aiding in the digestion of blood, provision of nutrients, or preventing other bacteria from growing.[3] Humans treated with medicinal leeches after vascular surgery can be at risk for infection from A. veronii and are commonly placed on prophylactic antibiotics.[4] Most commonly ciprofloxacin is used but there have been reports of resistant strains leading to infection.[5]
- ^ "Genus Aeromonas". List of Prokaryotic Names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ F. W. Hickman-Brenner; K. L. MacDonald; A. G. Steigerwalt; G. R. Fanning; D. J. Brenner; J. J. Farmer III (1988). "Aeromonas veronii, a new ornithine decarboxylase-positive species that may cause diarrhea". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 25 (5): 900–906. doi:10.1128/JCM.25.5.900-906.1987. PMC 266114. PMID 3584425.
- ^ Graf, J. (January 1999). "Symbiosis of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria and Hirudo medicinalis, the medicinal leech: a novel model for digestive tract associations". Infection and Immunity. 67 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1128/IAI.67.1.1-7.1999. ISSN 0019-9567. PMC 96269. PMID 9864188.
- ^ Whitaker, Iain S.; Kamya, Cyril; Azzopardi, Ernest A.; Graf, Joerg; Kon, Moshe; Lineaweaver, William C. (2009-11-01). "Preventing infective complications following leech therapy: Is practice keeping pace with current research?" (PDF). Microsurgery. 29 (8): 619–625. doi:10.1002/micr.20666. ISSN 1098-2752. PMID 19399888. S2CID 19575531. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ Patel, Ketan M.; Svestka, Michael; Sinkin, Jeremy; Ruff, Paul (January 2013). "Ciprofloxacin-resistant Aeromonas hydrophila infection following leech therapy: A case report and review of the literature". Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 66 (1): e20–e22. doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2012.10.002. PMID 23084650.