Aquariums as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi B

Renee S Levings; Diane Lightfoot; Ruth M Hall; Steven P Djordjevic

doi:10.3201/eid1203.051085

Aquariums as reservoirs for multidrug-resistant Salmonella Paratyphi B

Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Mar;12(3):507-10. doi: 10.3201/eid1203.051085.

Authors

Renee S Levings¹, Diane Lightfoot, Ruth M Hall, Steven P Djordjevic

Affiliation

¹ Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.

Abstract

Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT+ isolates from patients with gastroenteritis were identical with isolates from their home aquariums. Matched isolates had identical phage types, XbaI and IS200 profiles, and Salmonella genomic island 1 (SGI1). Ornamental fish tanks are reservoirs for SGI1-containing S. Paratyphi B dT+.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Reservoirs / microbiology*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
Fishes
Genomic Islands / genetics
Housing, Animal*
Humans
Paratyphoid Fever / epidemiology
Paratyphoid Fever / microbiology
Phenotype
Salmonella paratyphi B / drug effects*
Salmonella paratyphi B / isolation & purification*
Water Microbiology*