Antibiotic resistance pattern of isolated bacterial from salads
Journal Title: Journal of Research in Biology - Year 2012, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The antibiotic resistance pattern of bacterial isolates from salad samples sold in a re-known food industry in different parts of Nigeria was investigated. A total of twenty-five bacterial isolates of six genera were encountered in the following proportion: Pseudomonas spp. (36%), Bacillus spp. (24%); Escherichia coli (16%), Proteus spp. (12%), Enterobacter spp. (8%) and Aeromonas hydrophila (4%). The antibiotic resistance pattern of the isolates revealed that resistance to eleven of the twelve antibiotic tested were above 50%. Streptomycin (44%) was the only antibiotic with resistance rate below this range. Resistance to Augmentin was the highest (96%), followed by Cotrimoxazole (92%) and Nitrofurantoin (88%). The results suggest the need for intensive surveillance of isolates throughout salad production continuum to prevent food-borne infections and also to detect emerging antimicrobial resistance phenotypes
Authors and Affiliations
Adebayo EA, Majolagbe ON, Ola IO, Ogundiran MA
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP564602
- DOI -
- Views 71
- Downloads 0
Length-Weight relationship and condition factor of Channa urantimaculata (Musikasinthorn, 2000) studied in a riparian wetland of Dhemaji District, Assam, India
Present study reports the length-weight relationship, condition factor and relative condition factor of Channa aurantimaculata (Musikasinthorn, 2000), a hole dwelling snakehead endemic fish species (Goswami et al., 2006,...
Cyclin D1 gene polymorphism in Egyptian breast cancer women
Background: Cyclin D1, a key regulator of G1 to S phase progression of the cell cycle, is strongly established as an oncogene with an important pathogenetic role in many human tumors; therefore any genetic variations tha...
Proline accumulation patterns with relation to surface soil moisture in Mollugo cerviana (linn.) Ser. - a small-sized medicinal herb from the Indian arid zone
The present work deals with the proline accumulation in Mollugo cerviana, a drought escaping xerophytes from two different sites during July to October 2012-14 in arid conditions of Churu region. The Indian arid zone pri...
Efficient callogenesis and Shoot organogenesis from nodal explants of Rosa hybrida L. (Lovely girl)
The callogenic and shoot organogenic potential of ornamental plant, Rosa hybrida were investigated. Callus induction and shoot regeneration were induced from nodal explants of garden plants incubated on Murashige and Sko...
Study of morphomatric biology of cotton Pygmy-Goose Nettapus coromandelianus coromandelianus Gmelin
Morphomatric of Cotton Pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandelianus coromandelianus was studied during 2006 to 2008. The males are comparatively bigger in size than the females. The average weight was found to be 226.50 gm and...