Multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a fish market and from fish handlers



Document title: Multiple drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from a fish market and from fish handlers
Journal: Brazilian journal of microbiology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000291309
ISSN: 1517-8382
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Ceara, Instituto de Ciencias do Mar, Fortaleza, Ceara. Brasil
2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Microbiologia "Paulo de Goes", Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau, Departamento de Biologia, Sobral, Ceara. Brasil
Year:
Season: Ene-Mar
Volumen: 38
Number: 1
Pages: 131-134
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental
English abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in fish stalls and in hands and nasal and oral cavities of fish handlers of the Mucuripe Fish Market, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. All S. aureus isolates were resistant to Ampicillin and 44 % were multi-drug resistant
Portuguese abstract O objetivo da pesquisa foi investigar a presença de Staphylococcus aureus resistente a antibióticos nos boxes de venda de peixe e nas mãos e cavidades nasal e oral de manipuladores de pescado da Feira de Pescado do Mucuripe, Fortaleza, Ceará. Todas as cepas isoladas foram resistentes à ampicilina e 44% apresentaram multiresistência
Disciplines: Biología,
Química
Keyword: Bacterias,
Química de alimentos,
Química farmacéutica,
Resistencia a antibióticos,
Staphylococcus aureus,
Productos de la pesca,
Manipuladores del pescado
Keyword: Biology,
Chemistry,
Bacteria,
Food chemistry,
Medicinal chemistry,
Antibiotic resistance,
Staphylococcus aureus,
Fish products,
Fish handlers
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