Molecular characterization of multiresistant d-tartrate-positive Salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi B isolates

J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Sep;40(9):3184-91. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3184-3191.2002.

Abstract

Since 1996, the National Salmonella Reference Laboratory of Germany has received an increasing number of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Paratyphi B isolates. Nearly all of these belonged to the dextrorotatory tartrate-positive variant (S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT(+)), formerly called S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Java. A total of 55 selected contemporary and older S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT(+) isolates were analyzed by plasmid profiling, antimicrobial resistance testing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, IS200 profiling, and PCR-based detection of integrons. The results showed a high genetic heterogeneity among 10 old strains obtained from 1960 to 1993. In the following years, however, new distinct multiresistant S. enterica subsp. enterica serovar Paratyphi B dT(+) clones emerged, and one clonal lineage successfully displaced the older ones. Since 1994, 88% of the isolates investigated were multiple drug resistant. Today, a particular clone predominates in some German poultry production lines, poultry products, and various other sources. It was also detected in contemporary isolates from two neighboring countries as well.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques*
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Germany
  • Integrases / genetics
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Plasmids / genetics
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Poultry
  • Poultry Diseases / microbiology
  • Poultry Products / microbiology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology
  • Salmonella enterica / classification*
  • Salmonella enterica / drug effects
  • Salmonella enterica / genetics*
  • Salmonella enterica / isolation & purification
  • Serotyping
  • Tartrates / metabolism*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • Tartrates
  • Integrases