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• Table 3. Multiple antibiotic resistance of 3 Vibrio species isolates. Values in parentheses indicates the percentage of the otal isolates Total number of Vibrio cholerae isolates = 5 Total number of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates = 5 Total number of Vibrio vulnificus isolates = 3 Not detected = - MIC (µg/ml) Antibiotics AM (5.0) (5.0) Vibrio cholerae (2.5) Vibrio parahaemolyticus Vibrio vulnificus (5.0) (10) (10) (5.0) (5.0)