Cephalosporin and Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Salmonella, Taiwan

Abstract

We report the prevalence and characteristics of Salmonella strains resistant to ciprofloxacin and extended-spectrum cephalosporins in Taiwan from January to May 2004. All isolates resistant to extended-spectrum cephalosporins carried blaCMY-2, and all ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis isolates were genetically related.

Keywords

• Keywords: Salmonella
• multidrug resistance
• ciprofloxacin
• ceftriaxone
• CMY-2
• £]-lactamase