Fluoroquinolone-resistantSalmonellasp. in Carcasses

Fluoroquinolone-resistant Salmonella sp. in Carcasses

To the Editor: Fluoroquinolone (FQ)-resistant Salmonella has been isolated from patients in Taiwan (1–7). Recently, a report further indicated that several patients were infected with Salmonella enterica serovar Schwarzengrund with high-level FQ resistance (1). S. Schwarzengrund has never been isolated from food animals in Taiwan. We report the isolation of FQresistant strains from pork and bro...

Survival of bacteria in carcasses.

Bacteria injected into the bloodstream of guinea pigs shortly before death decreased in number in carcass tissues for about 1 h after death. If initial bacterial numbers were sufficiently low, all bacteria were eliminated, and carcass tissues were sterile 24 h after death. Carcass tissue sterility was maintained with an initial density of Clostridium perfringens or Salmonella typhimurium of 20 ...

Etymologia: Fluoroquinolone

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae.

Fluoroquinolones and broad-spectrum cephalosporins are the most effective antimicrobial agents for the treatment of gonorrhea. However, clinically significant resistance to fluoroquinolones has emerged in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Fluoroquinolone-resistant strains account for approximately 10% of all gonococcal strains in Hong Kong and the Republic of the Philippines. As many as 50% of strains fro...

Fluoroquinolone resistance in Streptococcus pyogenes.

Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from blood and urine samples obtained from a 78-year-old woman was tested for susceptibility, and fluoroquinolone resistance (minimum inhibitory concentration of levofloxacin, 16 microg/mL) was found. DNA amplification and sequencing revealed a serine81-->tyrosine substitution in gyrA and 2 substitutions in parC: serine79-->phenylalanine and alanine121-->valine. ...