Research Article

Antibiotic-Resistant Vibrios in Farmed Shrimp

Table 2

Antimicrobial resistance pattern in vibrios isolated from the hemolymph of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp.

ClassificationProfileSpecies (number of resistant isolates)

Monoresistance
()
Pen38V. navarrensis (28), V. xuii (4), V.  coralliilyticus (3), V. brasiliensis (2), and V. alginolyticus (1)
Atm4V. navarrensis (3) and V. diazotrophicus (1)

Cross-resistance to β-lactam
()
Pen + Cpl 9V. navarrensis (3), V. brasiliensis (3), V. xuii (2), and V. parahaemolyticus (1)
Pen + Atm5V. navarrensis (4) and V. cholerae (1)
Pen + Amp2V. navarrensis (2)
Cro + Atm1V. navarrensis (1)
Pen + Cpl + Amp3V. xuii (2) and V. brasiliensis (1)

Multiple resistance
()
Pen + Tcy8V. parahaemolyticus (6), V. cholerae (1), and V. vulnificus (1)
Pen + Tcy + Amp5V. parahaemolyticus (3) and V. cholerae (2)

: number of resistant isolates; Pen: penicillin G; Tcy: tetracycline; Amp: ampicillin; Cpl: cephalothin; Atm: aztreonam; Cro: ceftriaxone.