title: 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+.
authors.affiliation: Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Renee S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Levings
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lightfoot
authors.forename: Ruth M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Djordjevic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000382:microbiology*; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005399:Fishes; D044404:Genomic Islands / Q000235:genetics; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006801:Humans; D010284:Paratyphoid Fever / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D010641:Phenotype; D012484:Salmonella paratyphi B / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014871:Water Microbiology