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  • Title: Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serotype Newport infections resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins in the United States.
    Author: Gupta A, Fontana J, Crowe C, Bolstorff B, Stout A, Van Duyne S, Hoekstra MP, Whichard JM, Barrett TJ, Angulo FJ, National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System PulseNet Working Group.
    Journal: J Infect Dis; 2003 Dec 01; 188(11):1707-16. PubMed ID: 14639542.
    Abstract:
    We describe a field investigation in New England that identified the emergence and epidemiology of new strains of multidrug-resistant Salmonella, Newport-MDRAmpC, and summarize the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's surveillance data for these infections. In Massachusetts, the prevalence of Newport-MDRAmpC among Salmonella serotype Newport isolates obtained from humans increased from 0% (0/14) in 1998 to 53% (32/60) in 2001 (P<.001). In a retrospective case-control study, infection with Newport-MDRAmpC was domestically acquired and was associated with exposure to a dairy farm. Isolates from both humans and cattle had indistinguishable or closely related antibiograms and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns. Nationally, the prevalence of ceftriaxone-resistant Salmonella increased from 0.5% in 1998 to 2.4% in 2001; 85% of the isolates in 2001 were Newport-MDRAmpC, and at least 27 states have isolated these strains from humans, cattle, or ground beef. These data document the widespread emergence of Newport-MDRAmpC strains in the United States and show that the 5-fold increase in the prevalence of Salmonella resistant to expanded-spectrum cephalosporins, between 1998 and 2001, is primarily due to the emergence of Newport-MDRAmpC strains.
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