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      Hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en centros hospitalarios del Valle del Cauca como vectores de patogenos nosocomiales Translated title: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in hospital centers of Valle del Cauca as vectors of nosocomial pathogens

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          Se estudio la fauna de hormigas asociada a Instituciones Prestadoras de Servicios de Salud (IPS) y los patogenos que ellas pueden transportar, en cuatro municipios del departamento del Valle del Cauca: Cartago, Tulua, Cali y Buenaventura. Se determinaron siete especies de hormigas. de las cuales, Paratrechina longicornis y Tapinoma melanocephalum fueron las mas frecuentemente colectadas. Se aislaron 14 tipos bacterianos: ocho de los cuales fueron transportados exclusivamente por cuatro especies de hormigas (T. melanocephalum, P. longicornis, Tetramorium bicarinatum y Monomorium pharaonis). El coco Gram positivo mas virulento fue Staphylococcus aureus y los bacilos Gram negativos fueron Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, S. liquefasciens, Enterobacter agglomerans y E. calcoaceticus. Staphylococcus sp. coagulasa (-) fue el patogeno mas comunmente aislado de las hormigas.

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          Ants and nosocomial pathogens carried by them were studied in health care centers at four localities in the department of Valle del Cauca: Cartago, Tulua, Cali and Buenaventura. Seven species were found, of which Paratrechina longicornis and Tapinoma melanocephalum were the most frequently collected. Fourteen bacterial types were isolated; eight were found to be exclusively transported by four species of ants (7^ melanocephalum, P. longicornis, Tetramorium bicarinatum y Monomorium pharaonis). The most virulent Gram-positive coccus was Staphylococcus aureus and the Gram-negative bacilli were Escherichia coli, Serratia marcescens, S. liquefasciens, Enterobacter agglomerans. and F,. calcoaceticus. Staphylococcus sp. coagulasa (-) was the pathogen most commonly isolated from ants.

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                Revista Colombiana de Entomología
                Rev. Colomb. Entomol.
                Sociedad Colombiana de Entomología (Bogotá )
                0120-0488
                December 2005
                : 31
                : 2
                : 183-187
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidad del Valle Colombia
                [2 ] Universidad del Valle Colombia
                [3 ] Universidad del Valle Colombia
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                S0120-04882005000200013
                cc48ad7e-7a7d-41f5-aa5f-08e5934a4b41

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                ENTOMOLOGY

                Entomology
                Wandering ants,Bacteria,Within-hospital Infection.,Colombia,Hormigas vagabundas.,Bacterias,Infeccion intrahospitalaria

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