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Vibrio vulnificus as a health hazard for shrimp consumers
Nascimento, Susy Margella Melo do; Vieira, Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes; Theophilo, Grace Nazareth Diogo; Rodrigues, Dália dos Prazeres; Vieira, Gustavo Hitzschky Fernandes.
  • Nascimento, Susy Margella Melo do; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Instituto de Ciências do Mar. BR
  • Vieira, Regine Helena Silva dos Fernandes; Universidade Federal do Ceará. Instituto de Ciências do Mar. BR
  • Theophilo, Grace Nazareth Diogo; Fundaçäo Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bacteriologia. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Rodrigues, Dália dos Prazeres; Fundaçäo Oswaldo Cruz. Departamento de Bacteriologia. Rio de Janeiro. BR
  • Vieira, Gustavo Hitzschky Fernandes; Universidade do Vale do Acaraú. BR
Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo ; 43(5): 263-266, Sept.-Oct. 2001. tab
Artículo en Inglés | LILACS | ID: lil-307999
RESUMO
Over the last 30 years, a number of Vibrio species found in the aquatic environment have been indicated as cause of disease in human beings. Vibrio vulnificus is an emergent pathogen, an invasive and lethal marine bacterium related to wound infection and held accountable for gastroenteritis and primary septicemia. It occurs quite frequently in marine organisms, mainly in mollusks. This study aimed at isolating and identifying strains of V. vulnificus based upon the analysis of twenty samples of seabob shrimp, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Heller), purchased at the Mucuripe fish market (Fortaleza, Brazil). TCBS agar was used to isolate suspect strains. Seven of twenty-nine strains isolated from six different samples were confirmed as such by means of biochemical evidence and thus submitted to biological assays to determine their virulence. The susceptibility of the V. vulnificus strains to a number of antibiotics was tested. None of the V. vulnificus strains showed signs of virulence during a 24-hour observation period, possibly due to the shedding of the capsules by the cells. As to the results of the antimicrobial susceptibility tests, the seven above-mentioned V. vulnificus strains were found to be sensitive to nitrofurantoin (NT), ciprofloxacin (CIP), gentamicin (GN) and chloramphenicol (CO) and resistant to clindamycin (CI), penicillin (PN) and ampicillin (AP)
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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Mariscos / Decápodos / Vibrio Límite: Animales Idioma: Inglés Revista: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Asunto de la revista: Medicina Tropical Año: 2001 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Brasil Institución/País de afiliación: Fundaçäo Oswaldo Cruz/BR / Universidade Federal do Ceará/BR / Universidade do Vale do Acaraú/BR

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Texto completo: Disponible Índice: LILACS (Américas) Asunto principal: Mariscos / Decápodos / Vibrio Límite: Animales Idioma: Inglés Revista: Rev. Inst. Med. Trop. Säo Paulo Asunto de la revista: Medicina Tropical Año: 2001 Tipo del documento: Artículo País de afiliación: Brasil Institución/País de afiliación: Fundaçäo Oswaldo Cruz/BR / Universidade Federal do Ceará/BR / Universidade do Vale do Acaraú/BR