Article
Quinolone resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow isolates from humans and poultry in Israel: evidence for clonal expansion.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Aug 2007
Solnik-Isaac Hadas, Weinberger Miriam, Tabak Mina, Ben-David Alon, Shachar Dina, Yaron Sima
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enterica serovar Virchow is highly prevalent in humans and farm animals in Israel. In addition to high rates of resistance to multiple antibiotics, this serovar exhibits a high incidence of resistance to nalidixic acid. More than 90% of Salmonella serovar Virchow isolates of human and poultry origin obtained from 1997 to 2004 were resistant to nalidixic acid (MIC > or = 128 microg/ml), with reduced...
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