Antimicrobial Resistance among Salmonella and Shigella Isolates in Five Canadian Provinces (1997 to 2000)

Leah J Martin; James Flint; André Ravel; Lucie Dutil; Kathryn Doré; Marie Louie; Frances Jamieson; Sam Ratnam

doi:10.1155/2006/980328

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2006)

Antimicrobial Resistance among Salmonella and Shigella Isolates in Five Canadian Provinces (1997 to 2000)

Leah J Martin,
James Flint,
André Ravel,
Lucie Dutil,
Kathryn Doré,
Marie Louie,
Frances Jamieson,
Sam Ratnam

Affiliations

Leah J Martin: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada (now the Public Health Agency of Canada), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
James Flint: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada (now the Public Health Agency of Canada), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
André Ravel: Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada (now the Public Health Agency of Canada), Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Lucie Dutil: Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada (now the Public Health Agency of Canada), Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Kathryn Doré: Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada (now the Public Health Agency of Canada), Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Marie Louie: Provincial Laboratory for Public Health (Microbiology) and the University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Frances Jamieson: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sam Ratnam: Newfoundland Public Health Laboratory, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2006/980328
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 17, no. 4
pp. 243 – 250

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To describe rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among Salmonella and Shigella isolates reported in five Canadian provinces, focusing on clinically important antimicrobials.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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