title: Arsenate resistance as a possible marker in the differentiation of environmental and clinical isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
abstract: Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were isolated from clinical, marine and freshwater fish of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Drug and metal resistance characteristics were compared for differentiation of clinical and environmental strains. Eighteen out of the twenty environmental isolates were resistant to arsenate, unlike the clinical isolates which were all susceptible. All the thirty-five isolates of V. parahaemolyticus were resistant to ampicillin and streptomycin.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shaikh
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sil
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001149:Arsenates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008670:Metals / Q000494:pharmacology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011817:Rabbits; D014735:Vibrio Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001149:Arsenates; D008670:Metals; C025657:arsenic acid