The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution of toxin genes and antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from seafood in Gwangju. A total of 335 seafood, including 163 shellfish, 97 fish, and 36 mollusk, were tested in this study. As a result, V. parahaemolyticus was detected in 123 (36.7%) of 335 seafood. The tdh gene was not detected in all strains, while the trh gene was detected in 3 strains (2.4%). According to antimicrobial susceptibility test, 116 strains (94.3%) represent resistance to ampicillin, and 1 strain (0.8%) represents resistance to trimethoprim/sulfametoxazole. However, all strains were sensitive to 9 antimicrobial agents, including amikacin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and more. Therefore, the risk of V. parahaemolyticus isolated from seafood in Gwangju is considered low, but continuous monitoring of V. parahaemolyticus in seafood is required.

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Materials and Methods
    시료 수집
    장염비브리오 증균 및 분리배양
    장염비브리오 독소유전자 확인
    장염비브리오 항생제 내성 확인
Results and Discussion
    장염비브리오 분리 현황 및 유전적 특성
    독소유전자 확인
    항생제 내성 특성
국문요약
Conflict of interests
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• 정혜진(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | Hye Jin Jeong (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea) Corresponding author
• 이민규(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | Min Gyou Lee (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea)
• 이향희(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | Hyang Hee Lee (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea)
• 서시은(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | Si Eun Seo (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea)
• 정소향(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | So Hyang Jeong (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea)
• 조배식(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | Bae Sik Cho (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea)
• 서정미(광주광역시보건환경연구원) | Jung Mi Seo (Health and Environment Research Institute of Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea)