Antibiotic resistance of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from marketed fish and prawn of South India.
A total of 319 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila were isolated from 536 fish and 278 prawns for a 2-year period. All the strains were tested for resistance to 15 antibiotics and 100% of the strains was resistant to methicillin and rifampicin followed by bacitracin and novobiocin (99%). Only 3% of the strains exhibited resistance against chloramphenicol. The multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) indexing of A. hydrophila strains showed that all of them originated from high-risk sources.
Vivekanandhan
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Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India.
Savithamani
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Hatha
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Lakshmanaperumalsamy
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D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D033364:Decapoda / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents