Author/Authors :
Md. Rokibul, H. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh , Mrityunjoy, A. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh , Eshita, D. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh , Kamal, K. D. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh , Tasnia, A. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh , Muhammad, A. A. Jahangirnagar University - Department of Botany, Bangladesh , Kazi., K. F. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh , Rashed, N. Stamford University Bangladesh - Department of Microbiology, Bangladesh
Abstract :
Present study attempted to determine the prevalence of pathogenic microorganisms among the frozen sea fish samples: shrimp and prawn, and the canned sea fish samples: tuna and salmon, collected from local markets in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Most of the samples were found to be heavily contaminated with pathogenic bacteria ranging from 1.6×10^5 to 6.7×10^9 cfu/g. Fungal growth was observed in all samples within a range of 1.3×10^4 - 3.8×10^6 cfu/g. The study of antibiogram showed a number of pathogenic isolates to be drug-resistant. Such a prevalence of pathogens including the antibiotic resistant ones among the studied fish samples may claim a serious public heath risk.
Keywords :
Antibiotic resistance , consumer safety , pathogens , prawn , salmon , shrimp , tuna
