The prevalence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella in raw shrimp and octopus in Campeche, Mexico

Authors

  • David Tirado Torres Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Division, Guanajuato Campus, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7568-752X
  • Carlos Armando Chan Keb Faculty of Chemical-Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Campeche Av. Agustín Melgar S/N, Buena Vista, Campeche, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3494-9508
  • Jocelyn Gutiérrez Alcántara Faculty of Marine Ecology, Autonomous University of Guerrero. Gro, Chilpancingo, Mexico
  • Román Alberto Pérez Balan Faculty of Chemical-Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Campeche Av. Agustín Melgar S/N, Buena Vista, Campeche, México
  • Ake Canché Baldemar Faculty of Chemical-Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Campeche Av. Agustín Melgar S/N, Buena Vista, Campeche, México
  • Guadalupe Vázquez Rodríguez Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Division, Guanajuato Campus, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5861-9645
  • Trejo Ramírez Perla Mayari Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, Hidalgo, Pachuca, Mexico
  • José Luis Aragón Gastélum Faculty of Chemical-Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Campeche Av. Agustín Melgar S/N, Buena Vista, Campeche, México https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6707-2821
  • Betti Sarabia Alcocer Faculty of Chemical-Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Campeche Av. Agustín Melgar S/N, Buena Vista, Campeche, México
  • Eduardo Jahir Gutierrez Alcantara Faculty of Chemical-Biological Sciences, Autonomous University of Campeche Av. Agustín Melgar S/N, Buena Vista, Campeche, México https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3659-1693

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17532/jhsci.2022.1752

Keywords:

Antibiotics, bacteria, foodborne, pathogen, seafood

Abstract

Introduction: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria in seafood, especially shrimp and octopus, are significant public health concerns and are able to be transmitted to humans in foodstuffs, particularly when they are of animal origin. The present study was conducted to measure the antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and prevalence of Salmonella isolates obtained from octopus and shrimp in San Francisco de Campeche, Mexico.

Methods: Two hundred shrimp and octopus samples (one hundred each) were collected from the municipal market, and each sample consisted of 100 g. The present study used conventional methods to identify and isolate Salmonella, with the disk-diffusion method used to screen all isolates for sensitivity to 12 antibiotics.

Results: The prevalence of Salmonella was found to be 56% and 45% in shrimp and octopus, respectively. The high levels of Salmonella observed in the municipal market sampled by the present study reveal poor sanitary conditions in the processing and transport of the products of interest and those handling them at the point of sale. All the Salmonella strains were resistant to at least three antimicrobial classes. All shrimp isolates (100%) presented susceptibility to chloramphenicol and the majority (88%) presented sensitivity to ciprofloxacin, while the strains isolated in the octopus individuals sampled presented sensitivity to both the foregoing antibiotics (74% and 90%, respectively).

Conclusion: Based on the high prevalence in the samples analyzed, our results suggest that shrimp and octopus could be involved in Salmonella infections in the population.

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Published

20-01-2023

How to Cite

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Tirado Torres D, Chan Keb CA, Gutiérrez Alcántara J, Pérez Balan RA, Baldemar AC, Vázquez Rodríguez G, et al. The prevalence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella in raw shrimp and octopus in Campeche, Mexico. JHSCI [Internet]. 2023 Jan. 20 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];12(3):193-7. Available from: https://www.jhsci.ba/ojs/index.php/jhsci/article/view/1752

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