Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus are the leading causes of seafood associated
infections and mortality in the United States. The main syndromes caused by these …

Annual global aquaculture production has more than tripled within the past 15 years, and by
2015, aquaculture is predicted to account for 39% of total global seafood production by …

Vibrio vulnificus is a Gram negative, rod shaped bacterium that belongs to the family
Vibrionaceae. It is a deadly, opportunistic human pathogen which is responsible for the …

Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a Gram-negative halophilic bacterium is often associated with fish
and fishery products, thus causing gastroenteritis in humans upon ingestion of contaminated …

Background: The Surgical Infection Society (SIS) Guidelines for the treatment of complicated
skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) were published in October 2009 in Surgical Infections …

Penaeid shrimp aquaculture has been consistently affected worldwide by devastating
diseases that cause a severe loss in production. To fight a variety of harmful microbes in the …

The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 168 Vibrio parahaemolyticus and 151 Vibrio vulnificus
isolates recovered from 82 Louisiana Gulf and retail oysters in 2005 and 2006 were …

The aim of the present study was to determine the level of antibiotic resistance patterns and
distribution of heavy metal resistance of bacterial isolates from seawater, sediment and …

The aim of this study was to isolate and identify environmental bacteria from various raw
water sources as well as the drinking water distributions system in Mafikeng, South Africa …

Inland farming of marine shrimp species is a relatively recent development, in response to
increasing demand for the products. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and …