Potential international spread of multidrug-resistant invasive Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis

• Published in: Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 1173 - 1176
• Main Authors: Rodríguez, Irene, Rodicio, M Rosario, Guerra, Beatriz, Hopkins, Katie L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.07.2012; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Subjects: Adult; Africa; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; antimicrobial resistance; Dispatch; Drug resistance in microorganisms; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial - genetics; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Health aspects; Humans; hybrid plasmid; Infection; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; MLST; PFGE; Plasmids; Salmonella; Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis; Salmonella enteritidis - classification; Salmonella enteritidis - drug effects; Salmonella enteritidis - genetics; Salmonella enteritidis - pathogenicity; Salmonella Infections - epidemiology; Salmonella Infections - transmission; Travel; United Kingdom - epidemiology; virulence; Virulence - genetics; United Kingdom; Sub-Saharan Africa
• ISSN: 1080-6040; 1080-6059
• DOI: 10.3201/eid1807.120063

In developing countries, Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis causes substantial illness and death, and drug resistance is increasing. Isolates from the United Kingdom containing virulence-resistance plasmids were characterized. They mainly caused invasive infections in adults linked to Africa. The common features in isolates from these continents indicate the role of human travel in their spread.