Multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium, Pacific Northwest, United States

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Oct;13(10):1583-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1310.070536.

Abstract

We compared human and bovine isolates of Salmonella enterica using antimicrobial-drug resistance profiles and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. From 2000 through 2006, we observed an increase in a novel multidrug-resistant clone of S. Typhimurium with no recognized phage type. This clone may represent an emerging epidemic strain in the Pacific Northwest.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / classification
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / drug therapy
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging* / virology
  • Disease Reservoirs
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Phylogeny
  • Salmonella Infections / epidemiology
  • Salmonella Infections / transmission
  • Salmonella Infections / virology*
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / drug therapy*
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / virology
  • Salmonella typhimurium / classification
  • Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects*
  • Salmonella typhimurium / genetics
  • Sentinel Surveillance
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Washington / epidemiology
  • Zoonoses / transmission