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- Title
Antimicrobial susceptibility and multi-drug resistance of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovars in Sudan.
- Authors
Elmadiena, Mayha; Hussein, Adil; Muckle, Catherine; Cole, Linda; Wilkie, Elizabeth; Mistry, Ketna; Perets, Ann
- Abstract
This study was undertaken to determine the antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica recovered from human, food, water, and animal samples collected in Khartoum State, Sudan. A total of 64 Salmonella isolates belonging to 28 different serovars were tested for their susceptibility to 13 antimicrobial agents. The majority of isolates (98.4 %) were resistant to at least one antimicrobial agent. Isolates were frequently resistant to ampicillin (90.6 %), cephalexin (50.0 %), nalidixic acid (25.0 %), streptomycin (21.9 %), kanamycin (18.8 %), gentamicin (17.2 %), and co-trimoxazole and trimethoprim (12.5 %). The most common pattern of multiple drug resistance included resistance to ampicillin and cephalexin. Most isolates were sensitive to chloramphenicol (98.4 %), ciprofloxacin (93.8 %), and norfloxacin (90.6 %). Two chicken- and the two human-origin S. Kentucky isolates were resistant to both ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin. All S. Kentucky isolates and the one S. Rissen isolate demonstrated multi-drug resistance. The results indicate the significance of multi-drug-resistant Salmonella serovars isolated from chickens and other animals and foods as sources for multi-drug-resistant Salmonella in humans in Sudan.
- Subjects
SUDAN; MULTIDRUG resistance; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; SALMONELLA enterica serovar enteritidis; ANTI-infective agents; CHLORAMPHENICOL; TRIMETHOPRIM
- Publication
Tropical Animal Health & Production, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 5, p1113
- ISSN
0049-4747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11250-012-0334-7