title: Antibiotic-resistant Salmonella spp. from human and non-human sources in Oman.
abstract: We investigated the antibiotic resistance of various strains of Salmonella isolated from different sources in Oman, namely sewage water, chicken and food handlers. Of 1242 isolates from food handlers, 15 (1.2%) were resistant to one or more antibiotic. Of these, 41% were resistant to ampicillin, 42% to co-trimoxazole and 22% to chloramphenicol. None of the isolates was resistant to ciprofloxacin. Of 515 isolates from chicken and 432 from sewage water, 23.7% and 14.1% respectively were resistant to one or more antibiotic. Susceptibility to the different antibiotics varied but none of the isolates from chicken was resistant to amikacin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University Al-Khod, Oman. snbahry@squ.edu.om
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Al-Bahry
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Elshafie
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al-Busaidy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Al-Hinai
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Al-Shidi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005511:Food Handling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005628:Frozen Foods / Q000382:microbiology; D006266:Health Education; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009850:Oman / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012722:Sewage / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage