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Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia

A total of 87 market fish samples representing five types of fish were evaluated for the presence of Aeromonas spp. Of the samples examined, 69%, 55%, 11.5% and 2.3% harbored Aeromonas spp., A. veronii biovar sobria, A. hydrophila and A. caviae, respectively. The 60 isolated Aeromonas spp. strains w...

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Main Authors: Radu, Son, Ahmad, Noorlis, Ling, Foo Hooi, Reezal, Abdul
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Science B.V. 2003
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1143342025-02-05T02:48:33Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114334/ Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia Radu, Son Ahmad, Noorlis Ling, Foo Hooi Reezal, Abdul A total of 87 market fish samples representing five types of fish were evaluated for the presence of Aeromonas spp. Of the samples examined, 69%, 55%, 11.5% and 2.3% harbored Aeromonas spp., A. veronii biovar sobria, A. hydrophila and A. caviae, respectively. The 60 isolated Aeromonas spp. strains were further examined for hemolytic activity, resistance to antimicrobial agents and presence of plasmids. Hemolytic activity varied widely among the isolated strains. Though all the isolates demonstrated resistance to three or more of the antibiotics tested, all were susceptible to ceptazidime. Thirty-four (56.7%) of the sixty isolates harbored plasmids, with sizes ranging from 2.3 to 15.7 kb. These results indicate that hemolytic, multiple antibiotic resistant and genetically diverse aeromonads are easily recovered from fish in this region. Elsevier Science B.V. 2003 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114334/1/114334.pdf Radu, Son and Ahmad, Noorlis and Ling, Foo Hooi and Reezal, Abdul (2003) Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 81 (3). pp. 261-266. ISSN 0168-1605; eISSN: 0168-1605 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168160502002283 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00228-3
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description A total of 87 market fish samples representing five types of fish were evaluated for the presence of Aeromonas spp. Of the samples examined, 69%, 55%, 11.5% and 2.3% harbored Aeromonas spp., A. veronii biovar sobria, A. hydrophila and A. caviae, respectively. The 60 isolated Aeromonas spp. strains were further examined for hemolytic activity, resistance to antimicrobial agents and presence of plasmids. Hemolytic activity varied widely among the isolated strains. Though all the isolates demonstrated resistance to three or more of the antibiotics tested, all were susceptible to ceptazidime. Thirty-four (56.7%) of the sixty isolates harbored plasmids, with sizes ranging from 2.3 to 15.7 kb. These results indicate that hemolytic, multiple antibiotic resistant and genetically diverse aeromonads are easily recovered from fish in this region.
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author Radu, Son
Ahmad, Noorlis
Ling, Foo Hooi
Reezal, Abdul
spellingShingle Radu, Son
Ahmad, Noorlis
Ling, Foo Hooi
Reezal, Abdul
Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia
author_facet Radu, Son
Ahmad, Noorlis
Ling, Foo Hooi
Reezal, Abdul
author_sort Radu, Son
title Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia
title_short Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia
title_full Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia
title_fullStr Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for Aeromonas species from retail fish in Malaysia
title_sort prevalence and resistance to antibiotics for aeromonas species from retail fish in malaysia
publisher Elsevier Science B.V.
publishDate 2003
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114334/1/114334.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114334/
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