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The Kirby\u2013Bauer disk method was used to detect V. parahaemolyticus resistance to 22 antibiotics, and resistant genes (such as quinolones (qnrVC136, qnrVC457, qnrA), tetracyclines (tet A, tetM, tetB), sulfonamides (sulI, sulII, sulIII), aminoglycosides (strA, strB), phenicols (cat, optrA, floR, cfr), \u03b2-lactams (carB), and macrolides (erm)) were detected by using PCR. The findings in this study revealed that V. parahaemolyticus was most resistant to sulfamoxazole, rifampicin, and erythromycin, with resistance rates of 56.9%, 36.3%, and 33.3%, respectively. Flufenicol, chloramphenicol, and ofloxacin susceptibility rates were 97.1%, 94.1%, and 92.2%, respectively. In all, 46% of the bacteria tested positive for multi-drug resistance. The virulence gene test revealed that all bacteria lacked the tdh and trh genes. Furthermore, 91.84% and 52.04% of the isolates were largely mediated by cat and sulII, respectively, with less than 5% resistance to aminoglycosides and macrolides. There was a clear mismatch between the antimicrobial resistance phenotypes and genotypes, indicating the complexities of V. parahaemolyticus resistance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/microorganisms12010152","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,12]],"date-time":"2024-01-12T03:54:34Z","timestamp":1705031674000},"page":"152","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Antibiotic Resistance and Genetic Profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Farmed Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in Ningde Regions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Fangfang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mindong Fishery Research Institute of Fujian Province, Ningde 352100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mindong Fishery Research Institute of Fujian Province, Ningde 352100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guowen","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mindong Fishery Research Institute of Fujian Province, Ningde 352100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaoqiang","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mindong Fishery Research Institute of Fujian Province, Ningde 352100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huizhen","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mindong Fishery Research Institute of Fujian Province, Ningde 352100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chunxia","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mindong Fishery Research Institute of Fujian Province, Ningde 352100, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3072-511X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hai","family":"Chi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Shanghai 200090, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"72","article-title":"Present Status and Prospect of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei culture in China. 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