Antibiotic resistance of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from marketed fish and prawn of South India.

作者信息

Vivekanandhan G, Savithamani K, Hatha A A M, Lakshmanaperumalsamy P

机构信息

Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India.

出版信息

Int J Food Microbiol. 2002 Jun 5;76(1-2):165-8. doi: 10.1016/s0168-1605(02)00009-0.

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.