New Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar Anatum Clone, Taiwan, 2015–2017

Abstract

In 2011, a Salmonella enterica serovar Anatum clone emerged in Taiwan. During 2016–2017, infections increased dramatically, strongly associated with emergence and spread of multidrug-resistant strains with a plasmid carrying 11 resistance genes, including blaDHA-1. Because these resistant strains infect humans and food animals, control measures are urgently needed.

Keywords

• Salmonella enterica serovar Anatum
• antimicrobial resistance
• multidrug resistance
• molecular epidemiology
• bacteria
• Taiwan