Abstract
We characterized 44 Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium isolates from Tongji Hospital outpatients in Wuhan, China, May 2002-October 2005. All 31 ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates were also resistant to > or = 8 other antimicrobial drugs and carried > or = 2 mutations in GyrA and 1 mutation in ParC. Class 1 integrons were identified in 37 isolates.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
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China / epidemiology
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Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
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Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
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Feces / microbiology
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Humans
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Salmonella Infections / epidemiology
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Salmonella Infections / microbiology*
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Salmonella typhimurium / drug effects*
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Sentinel Surveillance
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Ciprofloxacin