Evolution of antibiotic resistance of non-typhoidal salmonellae in Greece during 1990-97

E N Velonakis; A Markogiannakis; L Kondili; E Varjioti; Z Mahera; N Vakalis; E Dedouli; A Karaitianou; K Bethimouti

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Evolution of antibiotic resistance of non-typhoidal salmonellae in Greece during 1990-97
E N Velonakis¹ , A Markogiannakis¹ , L Kondili² , E Varjioti² , Z Mahera² , N Vakalis¹ , E Dedouli² , A Karaitianou³ , K Bethimouti²
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Affiliations: ¹ Applied Microbiology Department, National Reference Center for Sa1monella and Shigella, National School of Public Health, Greece ² Microbiology Laboratory, Red Cross Hospital, Greece ³ Ministry of Health and Welfare, Athens, Greece

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Citation style for this article: Velonakis E N, Markogiannakis A, Kondili L, Varjioti E, Mahera Z, Vakalis N, Dedouli E, Karaitianou A, Bethimouti K. Evolution of antibiotic resistance of non-typhoidal salmonellae in Greece during 1990-97. Euro Surveill. 2001;6(7):pii=229. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.06.07.00229-en

Abstract

Susceptibility to 15 antibiotics was determined in 1548 non-typhoidal salmonella strains isolated in Greece from l990 to l997. The overall prevalence of resistance of both Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis and Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium increased during the first years of the study. A decrease was observed from 1996, especially for S. Enteritidis, which showed the highest overall antibiotic resistance. S. Typhimurium was the serotype with the highest multiresistance to antibiotics. The rest of the serotypes had very low resistance prevalence compared with both S. Enteritidis and Typhimurium serotypes.