Minimal inhibitory concentration to oxitetracycline in Aeromonas hydrophila strains isolated from different sources

The aim of this paper was to determine the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) to oxitetracycline in Aeromonas hydrophila strains isolated from marketed fish, pond water of piscicultures and fish suffering hemorrhagic septicemia. These strains were obtained from 12 different piscicultures from Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro e Rio Grande do Sul states. It was determined the MIC to 100 strains, using the broth macrodilution method, and the results showed that 86 strains shown value of MIC <= 12,5 mu g/mL (classified as susceptible) and 14 strains presented MIC >= 100 mu g/mL (classified as resistant). No differences were observed among strains isolated from marketed fish, pond water and disease outbreaks. I was concluded that the variation detected may represent a risk of selection of resistant bacterial strains in aquatic environments under use of oxitetracycline.