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+.

Keywords

• Salmonella
• ornamental fish tanks
• multiple antimicrobial drug resistance
• dispatch
• Australia