Beta
147521

The First Report of the Antimicrobial Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from Seafood Samples

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

Veterinary Parasitology and Bacteriology

Abstract

Acinetobacterbaumannii is a newly-launched bacterium responsible for rare cases of diarrhea and foodborne diseases. This survey was performed to study the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of A. baumannii isolates recovered from fish, shrimp, and lobster. Five-hundred seafood samples were collected and cultured for isolation of A. baumannii. A. baumannii isolates were identified by biochemical tests and further confirmed by the PCR. The antimicrobial resistance of isolates was studied using disk diffusion test. Twenty-eight out of 500 (5.6%) seafood samples were contaminated with A. baumannii. Fish had the highest prevalence of A. baumannii (10%), while lobster had the lowest (2.5%). A. baumannii isolates harbored the highest incidence of resistance toward tetracycline (75%), gentamicin (71.4%), ciprofloxacin (64.2%), trimethoprim (57.1%), streptomycin (53.5%), and erythromycin (50%) antimicrobial agents. The lowest incidence of resistance was obtained against chloramphenicol (3.5%) and imipenem (7.1%) antimicrobial agents. This is the first report of isolation and identification and antimicrobial resistance pattern of A. baumannii in seafood samples globally. The role of seafood samples as reservoirs of antimicrobial-resistant A. baumannii was determined. Complete cooking of seafood and prevention from their consumption in raw form can diminish the risk of  A. baumannii foodborne diseases.

DOI

10.21608/ejvs.2021.51775.1206

Keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii, Seafoods, prevalence, Antimicrobial resistance

Authors

First Name

Zahra

Last Name

Hasiri

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

epartment of Food Hygiene, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.

Email

zahrahasiri7@gmail.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ebrahim

Last Name

Rahimi

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene and Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.

Email

ebrarahimi@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

hasan

Last Name

momtaz

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Microbiology, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran.

Email

hamomtaz@yahoo.com

City

shahrekord, iran

Orcid

-

First Name

Amir

Last Name

Shakerian

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Food Hygiene, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran

Email

amshakeriann@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

-

Volume

52

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

17188

Issue Date

2021-08-01

Receive Date

2020-12-01

Publish Date

2021-08-01

Page Start

175

Page End

183

Print ISSN

1110-0222

Online ISSN

2357-089X

Link

https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/article_147521.html

Detail API

https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=147521

Order

5

Type

Original Article

Type Code

140

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Publication Link

https://ejvs.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023