Aquariums as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi B.

ABSTRACT: Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT+ isolates from patients with gastroenteritis were identical with isolates from their home aquariums. Matched isolates had identical phage types, XbaI and IS200 profiles, and Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1). Ornamental fish tanks are reservoirs for SGI1-containing S. Paratyphi B dT+.

SUBMITTER: Levings RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3291456 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature