Plasmid-mediated quinolone resistance in isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi, USA

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2015 Jan;45(1):88-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.09.015. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Authors

Maria Sjölund-Karlsson¹, Rebecca Howie², Regan Rickert³, Anna Newton³, Gladys Gonzalez-Aviles³, John A Crump³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. Electronic address: fwt4@cdc.gov.
² IHRC, Inc., Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.

PMID: 25465527
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.09.015

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
Female
Genes, Bacterial
Humans
Male
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Plasmids*
Quinolones / pharmacology*
Salmonella typhi / drug effects*
Salmonella typhi / genetics
Salmonella typhi / isolation & purification*
Typhoid Fever / epidemiology
Typhoid Fever / microbiology*
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Quinolones