Research Article
Antibiotic-Resistant Vibrios in Farmed Shrimp
Table 2
Antimicrobial resistance pattern in vibrios isolated from the hemolymph of Litopenaeus vannamei shrimp.
| Classification | Profile | | Species (number of resistant isolates) |
| Monoresistance () | Pen | 38 | V. navarrensis (28), V. xuii (4), V. coralliilyticus (3), V. brasiliensis (2), and V. alginolyticus (1) | Atm | 4 | V. navarrensis (3) and V. diazotrophicus (1) |
| Cross-resistance to β-lactam () | Pen + Cpl | 9 | V. navarrensis (3), V. brasiliensis (3), V. xuii (2), and V. parahaemolyticus (1) | Pen + Atm | 5 | V. navarrensis (4) and V. cholerae (1) | Pen + Amp | 2 | V. navarrensis (2) | Cro + Atm | 1 | V. navarrensis (1) | Pen + Cpl + Amp | 3 | V. xuii (2) and V. brasiliensis (1) |
| Multiple resistance () | Pen + Tcy | 8 | V. parahaemolyticus (6), V. cholerae (1), and V. vulnificus (1) | Pen + Tcy + Amp | 5 | V. parahaemolyticus (3) and V. cholerae (2) |
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: number of resistant isolates; Pen: penicillin G; Tcy: tetracycline; Amp: ampicillin; Cpl: cephalothin; Atm: aztreonam; Cro: ceftriaxone.
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