Antimicrobial resistance and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis typing of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from shrimp mariculture environment along the east coast of China.
Environmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has drawn increasing attention due to its great risk to human health. The aim of this study was to investigate AMR and genotyping of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates (n = 114) recovered from shrimp mariculture environment in China. The isolates exhibited a high rate of resistance to streptomycin (78.9%), ampicillin (64.9%) and gentamicin (53.5%). Furthermore, multi-drug resistance was highly prevalent (61.4%), in which 95.9% of these ampicillin-resistant isolates were primarily mediated by blaCARB-17. Surprisingly, doxycylcine, florfenicol, and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMZ) resistance genes occurred in susceptible isolates. Moreover, 114 isolates were grouped into unique pulsed field gel electrophoresis patterns. These findings suggest the need for the prudent use of antimicrobial agents on mariculture farms, in order to control the dissemination of antimicrobial resistant V. parahaemolyticus.
['Zhao|Shu|S|', 'Ma|Licai|L|', 'Wang|Yuan|Y|', 'Fu|Guihong|G|', 'Zhou|Junfang|J|', 'Li|Xincang|X|', 'Fang|Wenhong|W|']
D000818:Animals D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents D017756:Aquaculture D002681:China D003445:Crustacea D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field D006801:Humans D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus D014871:Water Microbiology
Antimicrobial resistance Vibrio parahaemolyticus Mariculture farms Food safety PFGE