IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of bacterial genera Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella spp. from fish samples

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Sameer Ahmad Ganaie, Biswajit Barman, Renu Tiwari, Dr. Anant S. Deshpande, Dr. Yaser Qureshi

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The prevalence of food-borne infections has grown worldwide and is still a significant public health issue. In the current investigation, the incidence of Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli were assessed from fish species Mystus seenghala as well as the antimicrobial susceptibility pattern against eight selected antibiotics. From 100 samples, a total of 53 E. coli bacteria, 37 S. aureus strains, and 10 Salmonella spp. strain were isolated and extensively described using the usual culture method and biochemical testing. The Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion technique was used to screen the isolates for antimicrobial resistance against 8 different antibiotics. According to an antibiogram research, S. aureus isolates had a high resistance to amoxicillin (89.19%), whereas E. coli isolates had a high resistance to cephazolin (68.67%), erythromycin (66.26%), and chloramphenicol (65.06%). Only one positive Salmonella species (2%), resistant to Amoxycillin, Penicillin and Ciprofloxacin, was found in the test. In order to ensure healthy fish, adequate staff hygiene is crucial while processing and handling fish. To prevent the creation of numerous antibiotic resistant types of bacteria, excessive usage of antibiotics should be avoided.

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