Multiply resistant (MR) Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT 12 and DT 120: a case of MR DT 104 in disguise?

Andrew J Lawson; Miatta U Dassama; Linda R Ward; E John Threlfall

doi:10.3201/eid0804.010348

Multiply resistant (MR) Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT 12 and DT 120: a case of MR DT 104 in disguise?

Emerg Infect Dis. 2002 Apr;8(4):434-6. doi: 10.3201/eid0804.010348.

Authors

Andrew J Lawson¹, Miatta U Dassama, Linda R Ward, E John Threlfall

Affiliation

¹ Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK. alawson@phls.org.uk

Abstract

Multiresistant Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium definitive phage type (DT) 12 and DT 120 are more closely related to DT 104 than to non-multiresistant strains of their respective phage types. Multiresistant DT 12 and DT 120 appear to have arisen due to changes in phage susceptibility of DT 104 rather than horizontal transfer of resistance genes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Bacteriophage Typing
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial* / genetics
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Humans
Plasmids / genetics
Salmonella typhimurium / classification*
Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects*
Salmonella typhimurium / genetics
Salmonella typhimurium / virology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents