Occurrence of drug-resistant bacteria in two European eel farms.
The occurrence of strains that are resistant to oxolinic acid, oxytetracycline, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim, and nitrofurantoin among heterotrophic bacteria, including human and fish pathogens, in two freshwater eel farms was investigated. High levels of individual- and multiple-drug-resistant bacteria were detected, although sampling events were not correlated with clinical outbreaks and drug therapy.
Alcaide
Elena
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Departamento de Microbiología y Ecología, Universidad de Valencia, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. elena.alcaide@uv.es
Blasco
María-Dolores
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Esteve
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017756:Aquaculture; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004524:Eels / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010093:Oxolinic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D010118:Oxytetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D013030:Spain; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000494:pharmacology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D010093:Oxolinic Acid; D010118:Oxytetracycline