Distribution of Vibrio Cholerae and its Antibiotic Resistance in the Samples from Poultry and Poultry Environment of Bangladesh

Isolation and identification of Vibrio cholerae from poultry and poult ry e n v ironment of Bangladesh were made to check their dis tribution and suscept ib ilit y to selected antimirobials . Isolated s trains were identified following s tandard cultural and biochemical tes ts followed by confirmation with latex agglutination tes t of several polyvalent sera. To examine the antibiotic sens itivity, s e lected isolates of Vibrio cholerae s trains were sub je c t e d t o d isc diffus ion method of 11 antibiotics . A total of 250 samples from five different sources of poultry and poultry produ c t s we re analyzed to detect the incidence of cholera organism Vibrio cholerae and a total of 24 (9.6%) samples were found as pos itive for V. chole ra e d etection. From each 50 samples of cloacal swab, intes tinal fluid, egg s urfaces , and hand wash of chicken handlers , a total of 8 (16%), 12(24%), 3(6%), and 1(2%) samples were detected as pos itive. All of the tes ted Vibrio s trains from poultry sources were found highly sens itive to Gentamicin, Norfloxacin and Neomycin, but we re res is tant to Penicillin, Ampicillin, Kanamycin, Erythromycin, Tetracycline and Rephampicin. Strains of V. cholerae in this s tudy also exhib ited both res is tant and susceptible feature agains t Cephalexin and Streptomycin. 60% of the V. cholerae isolates were found res is tant to Cephalexin and Streptomycin. Res t 40% of isolated s trains showed intermediate res is tance to Cephalexin an d s e n s itivity to Streptomycin. This s tudy concludes with sugges tion for increased attention to be paid to the personal hygiene, process ing and handling of poultry and poultry products , reduced utilization of antibiotics and appro p ria t e a n d judicious use of antibiotics for treatment of diseases caused by V. cholerae.