Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolates in Seafood from South China

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 8; p. 2566
• Main Authors: Yang, Ying, Xie, Jiafang, Li, Hua, Tan, Shuwen, Chen, Yanfeng, Yu, Hui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 20.12.2017
• Subjects: antibiotic resistance; Microbiology; MLST; prevalence; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; virulence gene; Vibrio parahaemolyticus; virulence gene; prevalence; MLST; antibiotic resistance

is a leading cause of foodborne infections in China and a threat to human health worldwide. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence and characteristic of isolates in fish, oyster and shrimp samples from the South China domestic consumer market. To accomplish this, we examined...