Aquariums as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi B.
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+.
Levings
Renee S
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Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.
Lightfoot
Diane
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Hall
Ruth M
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Djordjevic
Steven P
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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