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The Trend of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Infections in Southern Thailand from 2006 to 2010 |
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| Authors: | Junthip Thongjun Pimonsri Mittraparp-arthorn Mingkwan Yingkajorn Jetnapang Kongreung Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Varaporn Vuddhakul |
| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand;2.Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90110, Thailand;3.Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan |
| Abstract: | The bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus was isolated from 776 patients at Hat Yai Hospital in Southern Thailand from 2006 to 2010. 51.3–73.6% of the isolates were tdh+trh− and Group-specific PCR positive pandemic strains. A comparison of the number of V. parahaemolyticus isolates in this study and that from the same hospital in 2000–2005 indicates that this region of Thailandis endemic for V. parahaemolyticus. |
| Keywords: | V. parahaemolyticus pandemic strains Thailand GS-PCR |