Vibrio cholerae non-O1, non-O139 associated with seawater and plankton from coastal marine areas of the Caribbean Sea.
The aim of this study was to characterize the virulence properties and the antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio cholerae isolates from a coastal area of the Caribbean Sea. Three V. cholerae isolates were obtained from seawater and plankton using the HP selective medium for Helicobacter pylori. These V. cholerae isolates belonged to the non-O1, non-O139 serogroups and they did not have cholera toxin genes. They were resistant to penicillins and some cephalosporins and were sensitive to netilmicin, tetracyclines, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim and quinolones. This is the first study that provides biochemical and molecular evidence of non-O1, non-O139 V. cholerae isolates, non-toxigenic, carrying antibiotic resistance in seawater and plankton from a coastal area of the Caribbean Sea.
Departamento de Biología de Organismos, Universidad Simón Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela.
Milagro
M
Fernández-Delgado
M Alexandra
MA
García-Amado
Monica
M
Contreras
Virginia
V
Edgcomb
Juana
J
Vitelli
Pulchérie
P
Gueneau
Paula
P
Suárez
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017691:Caribbean Region; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010933:Plankton / Q000382:microbiology; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence; D014871:Water Microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents