Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from coastal seawater in Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Lesley Maurice, Bilung, Gwendelynne, Bulan Tanil, Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki, Son, Radu, Raha, Abdul Rahim, Suhaimi, Napis, Gunsalam, Jurin Wolmon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Central Coordinating Board for Tropical Medicine and public Health Project of SEAMEC 2005
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences; Q Science (General); QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31073/1/Gwendelynne.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31073/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16295549/

Twenty-one Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates representing 21 samples of coastal seawater from three beaches in peninsular Malaysia were found to be sensitive to streptomycin, norfloxacin and chloramphenicol. Resistance was observed to penicillin (100%), ampicillin (95.2%), carbenicilin (95.2%), eryth...