Volume 11, Number 1—January 2005
Dispatch
Vibrio parahaemolyticus Diarrhea, Chile, 1998 and 2004
Narjol González-Escalona*, Viviana Cachicas*, Claudia Acevedo*, María L. Rioseco†, Juan A. Vergara†, Felipe Cabello‡, Jaime Romero*, and Romilio T. Espejo*
Table
Properties of Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated from outbreaks in Antofagasta, 1998, and Puerto Montt, 2004, in Chile and of strains from culture collections
| Strain | Serotype | tdh | trh | Urease | orf8 | Ka | toxRS/new |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Asia | |||||||
| VpD | O1:K1 | + | – | – | – | ||
| VpI | O4:K12 | + | – | – | – | – | – |
| VpAQ | O3:K6 | + | + | + | – | – | – |
| VpKX | O3:K6 | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| Chile, Antofagasta, 1998 | |||||||
| ATC: 208, 210, 211, 213, 214, 216, 217, 218-227, 231, 232 | O3:K6 | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| ATC 230 | O1.K56 | + | + | + | – | + | – |
| Chile, Puerto Montt, 2004 | |||||||
| PMC:33, 34, 36, 41, 42, 47-49, 52, 53, 55, 57, 58, 60, 62, 65, 69, 72 | O3:K6 | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| PMC-46 | O4:K12 | + | – | – | + | + | + |
| PMC-61, 66, 67, 68 | O3:K6 | + | – | – | + | + | – |
| PMC-59 | O4:K12 | + | + | + | + | + | – |
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