title: Antimicrobial drug resistance of Salmonella isolates from meat and humans, Denmark.
abstract: We compared 8,144 Salmonella isolates collected from meat imported to or produced in Denmark, as well as from Danish patients. Isolates from imported meat showed a higher rate of antimicrobial drug resistance, including multidrug resistance, than did isolates from domestic meat. Isolates from humans showed resistance rates lower than those found in imported meat but higher than in domestic meat. These findings indicate that programs for controlling resistant Salmonella spp. are a global issue.
authors.affiliation: University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Marianne N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Skov
authors.forename: Jens Strodl
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Søren
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aabo
authors.forename: Steen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ethelberg
authors.forename: Frank M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Aarestrup
authors.forename: Anders Hay
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Gitte
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: Steen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nordentoft
authors.forename: Katharina E P
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerner-Smidt
authors.forename: Dorte L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Baggesen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D003718:Denmark; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011200:Poultry; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents