Title
Patterns of resistance to antimicrobials in serovars of salmonella enterica in Peru, 2012-2015
Other title
Patrones de resistencia a los antimicrobianos en serovares de salmonella enterica en Perú, 2012-2015
Date Issued
01 August 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
QUINO SIFUENTES, WILLI
Hurtado C.V.
Meza A.M.
ZAMUDIO ROJAS, MARIA LUZ
GAVILAN CHAVEZ, RONNIE GUSTAVO
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia
Abstract
Background: Salmonellosis is a universal zoonosis, causing frequent outbreaks of foodborne illness; Salmonella enterica is the species with the highest prevalence, a progressive increase in its resistance to antimicrobials is described. Aim: To determine the frequency of serovars and antimicrobial resistance patterns in S. enterica isolates submitted to the National Institute of Health, Lima, Peru. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study. All strains referred as part of national laboratory-based surveillance between 2012 and 2015 were included in the study. Strains were confirmed by conventional tests and serotyped by the Kauffmann-White scheme; antimicrobial susceptibility and confirmation of the BLEE phenotype was performed according to the method of Kirby-Bauer and Jarlier’s method. Results: A total of 540 strains of S. enterica were included in the study, where 96% (520/540) corresponded to human strains and 4% (20/540) to non-human strains (birds, food and environmental). In human samples, the most frequent serovar was S. Infantis (57%), followed by S. Enteritidis (27%) and S. Typhimurium (6%). High resistance to nitrofurantoin (74%), nali-dixic acid (64%), ciprofloxacin (63%), tetracycline (63%), ampicillin (56%), sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (56%), cefotaxime (53%) and chloramphenicol (50%) was detected. In non-human samples, the most frequent serotype was S. Infantis (45%), followed by S. Typhimurium (40%) and S. Enteritidis (10%); a high resistance to nalidixic acid (55%), ciprofloxacin (45%), sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (40%), nitrofurantoin (40%), tetracycline (40%) was found. 65% of all strains had resistance to more than two antibiotics, 43,3% were ESBL producers and 99% of these had resistance between six and eight antibiotics. Conclusions: We found a high frequency of S. Infantis producing ESBL with multi-resistance to the antimicrobials in human and nonhuman samples received by the National Institute of Health.
Start page
395
End page
401
Volume
37
Issue
4
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Farmacología, Farmacia Biología celular, Microbiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85091653294
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Chilena de Infectologia
ISSN of the container
07161018
Sponsor(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud y CIENCIACTIVA del CONCYTEC.
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