@article{Tirado Torres_Chan Keb_Gutiérrez Alcántara_Pérez Balan_Baldemar_Vázquez Rodríguez_Perla Mayari_Aragón Gastélum_Sarabia Alcocer_Gutierrez Alcantara_2023, title={The prevalence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella in raw shrimp and octopus in Campeche, Mexico}, volume={12}, url={https://www.jhsci.ba/ojs/index.php/jhsci/article/view/1752}, DOI={10.17532/jhsci.2022.1752}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> 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.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> 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).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> 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.</p>}, number={3}, journal={Journal of Health Sciences}, author={Tirado Torres, David and Chan Keb , Carlos Armando and Gutiérrez Alcántara, Jocelyn and Pérez Balan, Román Alberto and Baldemar, Ake Canché and Vázquez Rodríguez , Guadalupe and Perla Mayari, Trejo Ramírez and Aragón Gastélum , José Luis and Sarabia Alcocer, Betti and Gutierrez Alcantara, Eduardo Jahir}, year={2023}, month={Jan.}, pages={193–197} }