Affiliation:
1. Microbial Diseases Laboratory, California State Department of Health, Berkeley, California 94704
Abstract
The antimicrobial resistance of 2,246 strains of
Salmonella
isolated from humans in California was determined. Resistance to one or more of the 12 antimicrobial agents tested was found in 32% of the isolates.
Salmonella typhimurium
strains represented 31% of the serotypes isolated; 49% of these strains were resistant. Fifty-one percent of
S. heidelberg
, 42.5% of
S. newport
, and 40% of
S. saint paul
strains were resistant. Seventy-seven percent of all resistant serotypes were resistant to two or more of the antimicrobial agents tested. R factors were demonstrated in 70% of the multiply resistant strains. Resistance of the
Salmonella
strains to one or more of the 12 antimicrobials tested and the frequency of resistance to tetracycline and ampicillin were significantly greater than resistance reported in other studies performed in this country. Chloramphenicol resistance was encountered in 33 (1.5%) of the
Salmonella
isolates; 19 of these were
S. typhi
demonstrating a pattern of resistance to streptomycin, sulfisoxazole, tetracycline, and chloramphenicol and carrying an R factor capable of transferring the complete pattern of resistance.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Pharmacology (medical),Pharmacology
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