Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance among non-Typhi Salmonella enterica isolates, USA

Emerg Infect Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1789-91. doi: 10.3201/eid1611.100464.

Abstract

We determined the prevalence of plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance mechanisms among non-Typhi Salmonella spp. isolated from humans, food animals, and retail meat in the United States in 2007. Six isolates collected from humans harbored aac(6')Ib-cr or a qnr gene. Most prevalent was qnrS1. No animal or retail meat isolates harbored a plasmid-mediated mechanism.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Food Microbiology
  • Humans
  • Meat / microbiology
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics*
  • Quinolones / pharmacology*
  • Salmonella enterica / drug effects*
  • Salmonella enterica / genetics*
  • United States

Substances

  • Quinolones