Aeromonas hydrophila

- Men of science call it Aeromonas, said Herod, Aeromonas hydrophila. ‘Tis bacterial.

…2008, there was the first report of a more severe hot tub folliculitis case, in relation to which Aeromonas hydrophila rather than P.aeruginosa is thought to have been the etiological agent [sc. Mulholland & Yong-Gee 2008; as discussed below]. A.hydrophila is described as a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium, which is motile by means of a polar flagellum and is known to be common in both brackish and standing water and in…

…to be present: in the spa Elysian, by Charybdis, ready for the next assault against that colony of A.hydrophila, where it brooded and bred in the fastness of the pipes which were the entrails of that infernal contraption. The assembled throng held there with them a pinioned captive, who struggled and groaned and chafed against his bondage, as was mete and condign – at least, we all thought so. This…

…ch9 above] concerning an outbreak of hot-tub-associated A.hydrophila folliculitis, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Brisbane case’. The substance of this passing remark was that the male of the two victims in the Brisbane case reported the presence of what he described as earthworms in the pipes of the hot tub installed in his home [ibid. p40], the hot tub being cited [eponymously] as the source of his indisposition. Apprised of…

…We stood and watched Mr Luvvertory’s homoeopathic preparation exerting absolutely no effect upon either Mr Jupiter or the A.hydrophila lurking in the bowels of Charybdis. Personal trainers, subcontracted by House of Rurik Solutions SARL withal working to the orders of John Virgil Haruspex, barred the exits to prevent bored spectators quitting that sham, until they themselves grew bored and drifted away through the doors and down the stairwell. I would…

…certainty that that maddened eunuch must have drowned in the half fathom of that puddled artifice wherein the Aeromonas, that worm aforementioned by Farokh, did lurk.

…There, sad to relate, I proved to be the final victim of the Aeromonas hydrophila, this microbe taking it upon itself to finish that which the chemicals of Colloid and Petra Mountjoy had begun. Whilst those hungry enzymes gnawed my limbs and chewed my lips, and gobbled even my very nethers, I was visited by that self-same well-tailored gentleman, he being desirous that I should impart unto him certain intelligences,…