Animal-to-man transmission of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella: investigations of U.S. outbreaks, 1971-1983

The importance and origin of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella infections were examined in 52 outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control between 1971 and 1983. The case fatality rate was higher for patients infected with antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella (4.2 percent) than for those...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1984-08, Vol.225 (4664), p.833-835
Hauptverfasser:	Holmberg, Scott D., Wells, Joy G., Cohen, Mitchell L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal food Animals Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antimicrobials Bacteria Bacteriology Beef Biological and medical sciences Case studies Cattle - microbiology Disease Outbreaks Disease resistance Disease transmission Drug Resistance, Microbial Epidemiology Food Microbiology Foodborne illnesses Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Health aspects Humans Infections Meat Microbiology Milk - microbiology Poultry - microbiology Salmonella Salmonella - drug effects Salmonella Infections - microbiology Salmonella Infections - transmission Salmonella typhimurium - drug effects Salmonellosis United States
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Zusammenfassung:	The importance and origin of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella infections were examined in 52 outbreaks investigated by the Centers for Disease Control between 1971 and 1983. The case fatality rate was higher for patients infected with antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella (4.2 percent) than for those with antimicrobial-sensitive infections (0.2 percent). In the 38 outbreaks with identified sources, food animals were the source of 11 (69 percent) of 16 resistant and 6 (46 percent) of 13 sensitive outbreak strains.
ISSN:	0036-8075 1095-9203
DOI:	10.1126/science.6382605