Molecular Characteristics of Epidemiologically Successful <i>Salmonella</i> Enteritidis in Poland.

ABSTRACT: Since 2014, the long-term decreasing trend in human salmonellosis, caused mainly by the consumption of Salmonella-contaminated poultry products, has stagnated in the European Union (EU). As Poland has been the leading poultry meat producer in the EU since 2014, we analysed whole genome sequences of 275 Salmonella (S.) Enteritidis strains from the poultry food production chain (n = 216) and humans (n = 59) (2008-2019) to shed light on the genetic content and relatedness of the S. Enteritidis population in Poland. Most (99.3%) of the strains belonged to ST11. Overall, 5.8% of strains possessed at least one antimicrobial resistance gene (ARG), the most common being qnrB19 (n = 9). Mutations in quinolone resistance-determining regions (QR

SUBMITTER: Kaminska E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457055 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature