Ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium, China

Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Mar;14(3):493-5. doi: 10.3201/eid1403.070857.

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 > or = 8 other antimicrobial drugs and carried > or = 2 mutations in GyrA and 1 mutation in ParC. Class 1 integrons were identified in 37 isolates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • China / epidemiology
  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Feces / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Salmonella Infections / epidemiology
  • Salmonella Infections / microbiology*
  • Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects*
  • Sentinel Surveillance

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Ciprofloxacin