Volume 20, Number 4—April 2014
CME ACTIVITY - Research
Travel-associated Antimicrobial Drug–Resistant Nontyphoidal Salmonellae, 2004–2009
Russell S. Barlow, Emilio E. DeBess
, Kevin L. Winthrop, Jodi A. Lapidus, Robert Vega, and Paul R. Cieslak
, Kevin L. Winthrop, Jodi A. Lapidus, Robert Vega, and Paul R. Cieslak
Table 1
Frequencies of antimicrobial drug resistance among 2,127 Salmonella isolates, Oregon, USA, 2004–2009*
| Variable | Resistance, no. (%) |
|---|---|
| Drug | |
| Ampicillin | 285 (13.4) |
| Ceftriaxone | 109 (5.1) |
| Chloramphenicol | 177 (8.3) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 13 (0.6) |
| Gentamicin | 84 (4.0) |
| Nalidixic acid | 135 (6.4) |
| Nitrofurantoin | 283 (13.3) |
| Sulfamethoxazole | 411 (19.3) |
| Tetracycline | 574 (27.0) |
| Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole |
60 (2.8) |
| Resistance profiles | |
| Pansusceptible | 1,213 (57.0) |
| CIR | 347 16.3) |
*CIR, clinically important resistance to >1 of the following: ampicillin, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, gentamicin, or trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole.
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