title: Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Salmonella from domestic animals, food and human in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
abstract: A total of 230 Salmonella isolates representing 33 serotypes originated from food (pork, beef, chicken meat, duck meat, and shrimp), domestic animals (pig, chicken, and duck), and human (children with diarrhea) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam were examined for the antimicrobial resistance to 10 antibiotics. Of the 230 Salmonella isolates examined, 49 (21.3%) showed antimicrobial resistance. Thirty-eight isolates (16.5%) were resistant to oxytetracycline, 26 (11.3%) to chloramphenicol, 17 (7.4%) to nalidixic acid, 16 (7.0%) to streptomycin, 5 (2.2%) to kanamycin, and 4 (1.7%) to ampicillin. No isolate showed resistance to gentamicin, cefazolin, ceftriaxone, and ciprofloxacin. Among the resistant isolates, nineteen isolates were resistant to one antimicrobial agent, 10 to two, 15 to three, 3 to four, and 2 to five antimicrobial agents. The resistance rate of Salmonella isolates from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam to these antimicrobial agents seems to be relatively lower than the results of developed countries and even those of the neighboring countries.
authors.affiliation: Division of Animal Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Natsue
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
authors.forename: Thi Phan
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.forename: Thi Lien Khai
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Ly
authors.forename: Thu Tam
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Taketoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: Alexandre Tomomitsu
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Okatani
authors.forename: Maiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashidani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001156:Artemia / Q000382:microbiology; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D004372:Ducks / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents