O presente trabalho objetivou pesquisar Staphylococcus coagulase positiva em
14 amostras de camarão sete-barbas, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri, inteiro e filé,
comercializado em dois boxes (A e B) da feira de pescado do Mucuripe, Fortaleza,
CE. A mesma bactéria foi isolada das mãos, cavidade nasal e oral de dois manipuladores de ambos os boxes. As cepas identificadas das amostras de camarão e dos manipuladores foram testadas quanto à sensibilidade aos antibióticos: ampicilina (AMP), cefalotina (CFL), cloranfenicol (CLO), eritromicina (ERI), oxacilina (OXA), sulfazotrim (SFT) e vancomicina (VAN). Os antibióticos que apresentaram 100% de eficiência sobre as cepas oriundas dos camarões do box A foram oxacilina, cloranfenicol, vancomicina e sulfazotrim. Para as amostras do box B, os antibióticos 100% eficientes foram oxacilina e vancomicina. Os antibióticos mais eficientes para as cepas oriundas da cavidade nasal e mãos dos manipuladores foram oxacilina, eritromicina, cefalotina, vancomicina e sulfazotrim.

The objective of this study was to investigate the presence of Staphylococcus coagulase positive strains on seabob shrimp, Xiphopenaeus kroyeri, samples whole and in fillet from two fish stalls ( A and B) at the Mucuripe fish market (Fortaleza, Ceará State, Brazil). The bacteria were isolated from the hands, mouth and nostrils
of the handlers at the stalls. The identified strains isolated from the shrimp and handler samples were challenged with a number of antibiotics: ampiciline (AMP), cephalothin (CFL), chloramphenicol (CLO), erythromycin (ERI), oxacillin (OXA), sulphazotrim (SFT) and vancomycin (VAN). Oxacillin, chloramphenicol vancomycin and sulphazotrim were 100% efficient against the strains isolated from the shrimp samples collected at stall A, whereas the only efficient ones against those collected at stalll B were oxacillin and vancomycin. The most efficient antibiotic against strains isolated from the handlers' hands, mouth and nostrils oxacillin, erythromycin, cephalothin, vancomycin and sulphazotrim .