Sharks in Belize Host Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

“Sharks swimming off the Florida Keys and Belize were hosts to bacteria resistant to the antibiotics amikacin, ceftazidime, chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, doxycycline, penicillin, piperacillin, sulfamethoxazole and ticarcillin.”

Nurse shark
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