Drug resistance, AmpC-β-lactamase and extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae isolated from fish and shrimp

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Marília Viana Albuquerque de Almeida, Ítalo Mendes Cangussú, Antonia Leonadia Siqueira de Carvalho, Izabelly Linhares Ponte Brito, Renata Albuquerque Costa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2017
• Subjects: Enterobacter cloacae; Beta-lactam antibiotics; Food contamination; Antibiotic resistance; Food safety; Food-borne infections; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Sobral
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/s1678-9946201759070; https://doaj.org/article/7a74c4c8dd1d4d52ac896a4c16b921e5

ABSTRACT The present study aims to detect the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) by enterobacteria isolated from samples of fresh shrimp and fish obtained from the retail trade of the city of Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil. All bacterial isolates were submitted to identification and...