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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3774-3777, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Spread of a Salmonella typhimurium Clone Resistant to Expanded-Spectrum Cephalosporins in Three European Countries

P. T. Tassios,1 M. Gazouli,2 E. Tzelepi,2 H. Milch,3 N. Kozlova,4 S. Sidorenko,5 N. J. Legakis,1 and L. S. Tzouvelekis1,*

Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens,1 and Department of Bacteriology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute,2 Athens, Greece; National Center for Epidemiology "B. Johan," Budapest, Hungary3; and St. Petersburg State Medical Academy, St. Petersburg,4 and National Research Center for Antibiotics, Moscow,5 Russia

Received 7 June 1999/Returned for modification 23 July 1999/Accepted 6 August 1999

Twelve Salmonella typhimurium strains resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins were isolated from cases of gastroenteritis during 1996 to 1998 in Russia, Hungary, and Greece. Resistance was due to the production of CTX-M-type extended-spectrum beta -lactamases encoded by similar 12-kb plasmids. By pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, all strains shared the same chromosomal type. These data suggest that an S. typhimurium clone resistant to broad-spectrum cephalosporins is present in at least three European countries.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Medical School, University of Athens, M. Asias 75, 115 27 Athens, Greece. Phone: 301 7785 638 or 301 7714 432. Fax: 301 7709 180. E-mail: Ltzouvel{at}cc.uoa.gr.


Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1999, p. 3774-3777, Vol. 37, No. 11
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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