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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Emergence of multidrug-resistant Salmonella spp. and isolates with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Volume 60, No. 1, Year 2008
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Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are 2 countries with worldwide significance in the context of global epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance. The extent of drug resistance in Salmonella spp. isolated from these countries was investigated by determining their susceptibility to 9 antibiotics using the E-test method. Amikacin, cefotaxime, ceftriaxone, ciprofloxacin, and gentamicin had excellent activities against all Kuwait and UAE isolates with MIC90s ranging between 0.056 and 4.5 μg/mL. The resistance rates in Kuwait and UAE to ampicillin were 26.5% and 17.1%, cefotaxime/ceftriaxone 1.6% and 1.6%, ciprofloxacin 1.2% and 0.8%, chloramphenicol 5.6% and 5.7%, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 26.1% and 8.9%, respectively. A total of 9.8% of the Kuwait isolates were multidrug resistant versus 4.1% of UAE isolates. Reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin was observed in 14.2% and 7.4% of the nontyphoidal Salmonella, respectively, as were in 44% of Salmonella enterica serovar typhi and 66.7% Salmonella paratyphi. Salmonella spp. with reduced quinolones susceptibility have emerged in the Gulf region, and this is of concern as it may compromise the treatment of infections caused by invasive strains. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Rotimi, Vincent Olubunmi
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Kuwait University
Jamal, Wafaa Y.
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Kuwait University
Pál, Tibor
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
Sonnevend, Ágnes M.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
Dimitrov, Tsonyo S.
Kuwait, Safat
Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait
Albert, Manuel John
Kuwait, Kuwait City
Kuwait University
Statistics
Citations: 59
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.007
ISSN:
07328893
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases