The Prevalence Rate, Pattern of Antibiotic Resistance, and Frequency of Virulence Factors of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Fish in Iran

Table 2

The prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in types of fish.

Sample	N. samples collected	Bacteriological methods	Molecular detection
		N. samples positive (%)	N. samples positive (%)
Fresh fish	200	10 (5)	10 (5)
Smoked fish	70	2 (2.85)	2 (2.85)
Salted fish	70	2 (2.85)	2 (2.85)
Dried fish	50	2 (4)	2 (4)
Frozen fish	80	0 (0)	0 (0)
Total	470	16 (14.7)	16 (14.7)

No significant difference was observed between samples ().