National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Resistance to antimicrobial agents among clinically important pathogens in the community and environment has compromised therapy and requires constant monitoring of emerging pathogens. Current investigation was aimed at determining the antimicrobial resistance pattern in bacteria isolated from public water body near a hospital and also from two fish farms which used the same water for aquaculture. Of 105 isolates, maximum number of isolates belonged to the Enterobacter spp. Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR), i.e. resistance to more than two antibiotics, occurred in almost 100% of Enterobacter spp. and Streptococcus spp. Of the total 105 isolates, only 6.66% were susceptible to all the antibiotics. Of the 93.33% isolates, 6.1% were resistant to three antibiotics, 44.89% were resistant to 4 to 10 antibiotics 48.97% were resistant to more than 10 antibiotics. Most strains exhibited multi drug resistant character and all the isolates had a very high MARindex, suggesting the origin of the isolates is from an area highly contaminated with antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance indices were found to be highest for Enterobacter spp followed by Streptococcus spp and lowest for Vibrio and Aeromonas group. The results highlight a much higher risk of spreading of MAR from terrestrial environment to aquatic environment which will distinctly affect aquaculture production.
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