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    Abstract - Issue May 2015, 36 (3)                                     Back


nstantaneous and historical temperature effects on a-pinene

Status on methicillin resistant and multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus in fishes of Cochin and Mumbai coast, India 

 

S. Visnuvinayagam1*, Toms C. Joseph2, V. Murugadas2, R. Chakrabarti1 and K.V. Lalitha2

1Mumbai Research Centre of Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Navi Mumbai-400 703, India

2MFB Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin - 682 029, India

*Corresponding Authors Email : visnuvinayagam@yahoo.co.in 

 

 

 Publication Data

Paper received:

01 November 2013

 

Revised received:

26 March 2014

 

Accepted:

05 June 2014

 

Abstract

The present study was carried out to estimate the prevalence of Methicillin resistant and multiple Drug resistant (MDR) S. aureus in retail fishery outlets of Cochin and Mumbai coast of India. In total 252 Staphylococcus aureus isolates were obtained from 105 fish samples and further confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using 16S rDNA region specific primer for S. aureus. In antibiogram analysis against 20 antimicrobial agents, highest resistant was found to erythromycin (31.14%), followed by azithromycin (25.79%) and clarithromycin (20.24%). One S. aureus isolate was resistant to methicillin, which was further confirmed by PCR using mecA gene primers specific for MRSA.? The higher incidence of MDR S. aureus and the presence of MRSA in fish indicate high risk to public health.   

 

 

 Key words

Antibiogram, mecA, MDR, MRSA, S. aureus

 

 

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