Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium DT104 infections in the United States

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Since 1979, a strain of Salmonella enterica that is resistant to five commonly used antibiotics has become widespread throughout the US. This bacterium is responsible for many cases of food poisoning. Researchers analyzed data from local and state health departments, who report Salmonella infections to the CDC. In 1979, only 0.6% of Salmonella isolates were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides and tetracycline. By 1996, the percentage had grown to 34%. Seventy-eight percent of sites reported multi-drug resistant Salmonella isolates.

Demographic aspects, Salmonella typhimurium

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Quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant Enterococcus faecium on chicken and in human stool specimens

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Some chicken meat sold in grocery stores is contaminated with Enterococcus that is resistant to the antibiotic Synercid, according to researchers who analyzed 407 samples of chicken meat taken from 26 stores in four states. Synercid was introduced in 1999 as a treatment for Enterococcus infections that are resistant to vancomycin.

Health aspects, Statistical Data Included, Product information, Statistics, Poultry, Poultry (Animals), Poultry (Meat), Contamination, Enterococcus, Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc., RP, Synercid (Medication)

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A nosocomial outbreak of fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella infection

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Researchers report the first known outbreak of Salmonella infection in the US that was resistant to a group of antibiotics called fluoroquinolines. The bacterium, called Salmonella enterica serotype Schwarzengrund, was apparently brought to the US by patients who had been hospitalized in the Philippines.

Salmonellosis

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