title: Antibiotic resistance of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from marketed fish and prawn of South India.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vivekanandhan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Savithamani
authors.forename: A A M
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hatha
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lakshmanaperumalsamy
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents