Multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a fish market and from fish handlers

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

W.f. Albuquerque²  A. Macrae¹  O.v. Sousa²  G.h.f. Vieira¹  R.h.s.f. Vieira² 

[1],Universidade Federal do Ceará Instituto de Ciências do Mar - LABOMAR Fortaleza Ceará ,Brasil

关键词: Fish products;    Fish handlers;    Antibiotic resistance;    S. aureus;    Produtos pesqueiros;    manipuladores;    resistência a antimicrobianos;    Staphylococcus aureus;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822007000100027

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in fish stalls and in hands and nasal and oral cavities of fish handlers of the Mucuripe Fish Market, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. All S. aureus isolates were resistant to Ampicillin and 44 % were multi-drug resistant.

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