title: Persistence of fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Kentucky from poultry and poultry sources in Nigeria.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study investigated the antimicrobial resistance and clonality of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky in poultry and poultry sources in Nigeria, and compared the isolates with the clone of S. Kentucky STI98-X1 CIPR using (PFGE) and (MIC).
  
  
  METHODS
  Fecal samples from chickens and poultry sources (litter, water, rodent and lizard fecal samples) were collected from  fourteen (14) poultry farms in 2007, 2010 and 2011 and were analyzed for S. Kentucky.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Six percent of the samples were positive for S. Kentucky - all resistant to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin. The isolates are grouped within the PFGE cluster X1 of S. Kentucky STI98 CIPR, indicating the association to the emerging and widely spread CIPR S. Kentucky clone with poultry and poultry sources.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. raufuib@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ibrahim A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Raufu
authors.forename: Kayode
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fashae
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ameh
authors.forename: Abdulganiyu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambali
authors.forename: Folashade T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Ogunsola
authors.forename: Akitoye O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Coker
authors.forename: Rene S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hendriksen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002645:Chickens; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005838:Genotype; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D058889:Molecular Typing; D009268:Nalidixic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D009268:Nalidixic Acid; D002939:Ciprofloxacin