서해안 일원의 가온 양만장 사육조로부터 분리한 E. tarda균에 대한 약제내성검사 및 내성균의 내성인자 전달 시험을 실시하였다. 공시한 항생제에 대한 내성률은 LM, PM, SD, SF 등에는 100%, AP, CH, SM, OT 및 CP 등에는 89% 이상, OA 및 KM에는 70% 정도 그리고 AK, GM 및 EF 등에는 30% 이하의 내성률을 보였으며, 이와같은 내성률은 각 양만장에서 분리한 균주간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 내성유형은 총 34유형으로 모든 분리균주가 8~14제의 다제내성을 보였으며, 그 중 LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA KM(22주, 21.4%) 및 LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA(12주, 11.7%) 유형등이 고빈도로 출현하였다. 내성균의 내성인자 전달유형은 총 55형으로 단제에서 13제까지의 다양한 내성인자가 전달되었는데, 그 중 LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA(10주. 10%), LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA KM(7주, 7%) 및 LM PM SD SF CP CH AP OA(7주, 7%) 등의 다제내성유형이 고빈도의 전달률을 보였으며, 약재별로는 GM, EF 및 AK 등에는 저빈도(0~20%), OT, SM, KM 및 OA 등에는 중등도(49~62%), AP, PM, LM, SF, CP, CH 및 SD 등에는 고빈도(71~94%)로 내성인자를 전달하였다.
A total 103 strains of Edwardsiella tarda was isolated from eel culture-ponds and examined for drug resistance, distribution and transferabilities of R plasmids. The drugs used were lincomycin(LM), penicillin(PM), sulfamethazine(SF), sulfadimethoxine(SD), cephalosprin(CP), chloramphenicol(CH), streptomycin(SM), oxytetracycline(OT), ampicillin(AP), oxolinic acid(OA), kanamycin(KM), amikacin(AK), gentamicin(GM) and enrofloxacin(EF). Two strains were resistant to the all drugs used, and all isolates were multiply resistant to drugs(at least 8 among 14 drugs), mostly restricted to LM(103 strains), PM(103 strains), SD(103 strains), SF(103 strains), CP(102 strains), CM(101 strains), SM(100 strains), OT(94 strains), AM(92 strains), OA(80 strains), KM(60 strains), AK(30 strains), GM(19 strains) and EF(14 strains), in combination at high degree showing 34 different drug resistant patterns. The most frequently encountered patterns were LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA KM(22 strains, 22.4%) followed by LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OT(12 strains, 11.7%). LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP(7 strains, 6.8%), LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA KM AK GM(6 strains, 5.8%) and LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AM OX KM AK GM(6 strains, 5.8%). Transfer experiment of drug resistance showed that of 103 resistant strains, 100 strains(97%) transferred part or all resistance to all drugs, indicating that most isolates carried conjugally transferrable R plasmids determining multiple drugs. The most frequently observed transferarble R plasmids were LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OA(10 strains), LM PM SD SF CP CH SM OT AP OX KM(7 strains) and LM PM SD SF CP CH AP OA(7 strains). These results sugested that eel culture-ponds were highly contaminated with different strains of Edwardsiella tarda, and that contaminated bacteria might be highly multiple resistant strains to drugs, carring transferable R plasmids.
