Aeromonas Hydrophila:
The Improbable Culprit
Edwin Myrick

Abstract
This study examines the structure and influences of Aeromonas Hydrophila, as a stand-alone bacterium and as it contribute to Necrotizing Fasciitis. Aeromonas Hydrophila impacts both aquatic life and humans, although the infection is not commonly known. This study examines those influences and explores medical case studies where individuals experienced illness, amputation, and even death.

Aeromonas Hydrophila: The Improbable Culprit

As the summer months begin to elevate the mercury level, nature’s creeks and streams provide cooling entertainment from the elements. People have long used these waterways for recreation activities, such as fishing, walking, swimming, and canoeing; unsuspecting of the dangers. Most bacteria are harmless, but certain types can cause complications and disease. The flesh eating bacteria Aeromonas Hydrophila, can create unthinkable devastation through minor cuts and scratches; causing sickness, amputation, and even death.

The world has thousands of micro-living organisms called bacteria, these unicellular microorganisms have cell walls, but no structured nucleus, some of these microorganisms can cause disease (Hogan, 2005). Thousands of bacteria inhibit our environment every day, many of them unidentified but not all of them are unhealthy. Bacterial cells consist of shapes; spherical, rodlike, spiral, helical, and comm-shaped (Lerner, 2005). The unique shapes of bacteria create classifications used for identification. Gram staining is another tool used for identification; originated by a German bacteriologist named Robert Koch (1843-1910). The process of Gram staining differentiates bacterial species into gram-positive or gram-negative groups. (Bacteria,2007). Classified as a rod-shaped, gram-negative bacterium, Aeromonas Hydrophila