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Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of pathogenic Vibrios in shellfishes from Cochin market

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Title Prevalence and antibiotic resistance of pathogenic Vibrios in shellfishes from Cochin market
 
Creator Sudha, S
Mridula, C
Silvester, Reshma
Hatha, A A M
 
Subject Shellfishes
Retail Markets
Pathogenic Vibrios
Antibiotic resistance
 
Description 815-824
Shellfish samples
obtained from four retail markets in Cochin
were examined for the presence of pathogenic Vibrios. A total of 110
samples collected during the period between September 2010 and March 2011
included shrimp, crab and clams. Vibrio species was detected in 65.5% of
the samples. Six potentially pathogenic Vibrio species such as V.
parahaemolyticus (68.1%), V. alginolyticus (18.1%), V. vulnificus
(2%), V. cholerae (1%), V. harveyi (1%) and V.

mimicus (1%) were
detected. Overall percentage of incidence was highest in clams (84.2%) followed
by shrimps (63.8%) and crabs (37.5%). When isolates were tested for their
susceptibility to various antibiotics, highest incidence of antibiotic
resistance was evident against ampicillin and colistin followed by amoxycillin,
carbenicillin, ceftazidime and cephalothin and lowest against chloramphenicol,
tetracycline and nalidixic acid. Multiple drug resistance was prevalent among
the isolates. Results indicate that the various seafood markets at the retail
level in Cochin
are contaminated with potentially pathogenic Vibrio species. If they
survive insufficient processing/cooking conditions they would have an impact on
safety of processed/cooked ready-to-eat food.
 
Date 2016-06-23T11:30:47Z
2016-06-23T11:30:47Z
2014-05
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28767
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(5) [May 2014]