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- Title
PREVALENCE OF MULTI DRUG RESISTANT AMONG SALMONELLA SPECIES ISOLATED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES OF MOSUL CITY.
- Authors
Muhammad, Muhammad Abdul-Ghani; Ibraheem, Mohammed Abdul-Razaq; Salih, Talal Sabhan
- Abstract
It has been observed that resistance towards antimicrobial agents increased remarkably among Salmonella strains. The present study aimed to determine the resistance profile of fifteen antimicrobial agents on forty-seven Salmonella isolates recovered from different environmental samples in Mosul, Iraq. The results revealed the prevalence of multidrug resistant (MDR) (85%; n=40) among the tested isolates. The isolates were completely resistant (100%; n=47) to amoxicillin, ampicillin, erythromycin and lincomycin. In addition, the isolates exhibited high rate of resistance towards ciprofloxacin (34%; n=16), colistin (76.5%; n=36), streptomycin (83%; n=39) and tetracycline (68%; n=32). The resistance rate of cephalexin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole were 57.5% (n=27), 57.5% (n=27), 44.5% (n=21) and 53% (n=25), respectively. However, the resistance rates of these antimicrobial agents were significantly higher than that reported in other studies. On the other hand, the isolates showed high susceptibility rates towards chloramphenicol (83%; n=39), neomycin (64%; n=30) and tobramycin (70%; n=33). Interestingly, none of the tested antimicrobial agent was 100% effective against the screened Salmonella isolates. The results of this study suggest that the Iraqi Salmonella isolates recovered from environmental samples are variable in their resistance towards the standards antimicrobial agents. Moreover, the results highlight the importance of evaluating the efficacy of antimicrobial agents used in human and animal medicine and monitoring the emergence of MDR Salmonella and the development of drug resistance.
- Subjects
MULTIDRUG resistance; SALMONELLA diseases; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE diseases; CIPROFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE
- Publication
Biochemical & Cellular Archives, 2021, Vol 21, p2097
- ISSN
0972-5075
- Publication type
Article