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Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium, China

Authors :
Shenghui Cui
Jingyun Li
Ziyong Sun
Changqin Hu
Shaohong Jin
Yunchang Guo
Lu Ran
Yue Ma
Source :
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 14, Iss 3, Pp 493-495 (2008)
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008.

Abstract

We characterized 44 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium isolates from Tongji Hospital outpatients in Wuhan, China, May 2002–October 2005. All 31 ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates were also resistant to >8 other antimicrobial drugs and carried >2 mutations in GyrA and 1 mutation in ParC. Class 1 integrons were identified in 37 isolates.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10806040 and 10806059
Volume :
14
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b9368d03fa5e4130997fcdd664a49fcd
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1403.070857