Incidence, Antibiotic Susceptibility and Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Seafood in Selangor, Malaysia

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the major foodborne pathogens owing to its cause infectious diseases such as gastroenteritis. These are often associated with consumption contaminated seafood. This study aims investigate presence V. parahaemolyticus, their virulence, antibiotic profiles, and plasmid profiles from 77 different kinds shellfish samples collected wet markets supermarkets in Selangor, Malaysia. High densities species ( > 5 log CFU/g) were found 14/16 groups shellfish. Among presumptive isolates, 43 (55.8%) positive for toxR gene, confirming identity isolates at level. However, none harboured virulence tdh trh genes. The susceptibility revealed that most them resistant ampicillin (95.3%), ampicillin-sulbactam (81.4%), cefotaxime (37.2%) imipenem (23.3%). showed 41.9% (18/43) possess least plasmid. Our results indicate continuously exposed various antibiotics environments, thus consuming seafood carries a potential health risk consumers. resistance conferred by necessitates an immediate plan approach usage differently.