Volume 8, Number 5—May 2002
Dispatch
Increasing Quinolone Resistance in Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis
Table
Prevalence of quinolone resistance in human isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis, by phage type and history of foreign travel. Denmark, 1995–2000.
| Phage type | No history of foreign travel | Foreign travel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. resistant (%) | Total | No. resistant (%) | Total | |
| 1 | 22 (23.4) | 94 | 11 (29.7) | 37 |
| 4 | 7 (2.4) | 292 | 5 (3.8) | 131 |
| 6 | 4 (0.5) | 765 | 0 (-) | 28 |
| 6A | 1 (5.9) | 17 | 4 (22.2) | 18 |
| 8 | 8 (1.3) | 627 | 0 | 31 |
| 13A | 0 (-) | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 14B | 1 (20.0) | 5 | 1 (14.3) | 7 |
| 21 | 3 (4.9) | 61 | 0 | 4 |
| 21B | 0 (-) | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 (-) | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | 0 (-) | 81 | 0 | 2 |
| Others and nontypeable | 6 (3.9) | 152 | 4 (13.8) | 29 |
| Not typed | 2 (1.9) | 105 | 2 (18.2) | 11 |
| Total | 54 (2.4) | 2,243 | 27 (8.9) | 302 |
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