In a similar study carried out on aqua products in India, the rate of contamination with S. aureus was 17% which is much lower than our finding (22). A study on marine products in Brazil reported high rate of contamination with S. aureus (7,18). Many of other researchers reported lower rates of S. aureus than our results(16,20,21,23).
In conclusion, our study examined the trends of sea food contamination by S. aureus. The results obtained in this study can help us understand the distribution and prevalence of S. aureus among aqua products and can be used as a useful database for epidemiological purposes. Our further studies will examine the antimicrobial resistance, and assess the relationship between toxin type and the antimicrobial resistance of the isolates that were obtained in this study.