title: Characterization of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium isolates from human, food, and animal sources in the Republic of Ireland.
abstract: A potential epidemic clone of Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium DT104, and the possible emergence of S. enterica serotype Typhimurium DT104b, has been identified from the characterization of 67 S. enterica serotype Typhimurium strains from three sources, human gastroenteritis isolates, isolates from food samples, and veterinary isolates, by antimicrobial resistance profiling, phage typing, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Resistance to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfonamides, and tetracycline was found in 77.6% of these strains.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gorman
authors.forename: Catherine C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Adley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012703:Serotyping