BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: @entity11621 serotype Stanley became the third most common non-typhoidal @entity11621 serotype among @entity1 isolates in 2004. The present study was conducted to gain further understanding of the epidemiology and antimicrobial suseptibility of S. Stanley. METHODS: A total of 20 culture-confirmed cases were retrieved from the Center for Disease Control collection and analyzed. Clinical features and demographic data of the cases were analyzed. Laboratory investigation of the isolates included antimicrobial susceptibility testing and molecular typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. @entity2756 -non-susceptible isolates were further examined by polymerase chain reaction, sequencing, and Southern blot hybridization. RESULTS: The cases studied were distributed widely across Taiwan, suggesting that the infection was an island-wide problem. S. Stanley predominantly caused @entity281 in @entity1 under the age of 5 years (75%). The most common type of illness was @entity1964 . Molecular typing showed 1 predominant genotype with 5 subtypes among these isolates. Antimicrobial resistance to @entity869 (75%), @entity2755 (95%), and @entity799 (95%) was common. Two isolates expressed non-susceptibility to @entity2756 , and a bla(CMY-2) gene was identified on an 80-kb plasmid in both isolates. CONCLUSION: The increase in S. @entity281 may be associated with the spread of an epidemic clone, although this requires further epidemiological surveillance. In view of the high rate of antimicrobial resistance, especially the emergence of resistance to third-generation cephalosporins, continued surveillance of the @entity281 caused by this bacterium should be undertaken.

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial susceptibility of XXXX serotype Stanley isolates in Taiwan.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['human', 'patients'] @entity2756 :: ('MESH:D002443', 'Chemical') :: ['Ceftriaxone', 'ceftriaxone'] @entity799 :: ('MESH:D015662', 'Chemical') :: ['trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole'] @entity11621 :: ('28901', 'Species') :: ['Salmonella', 'Salmonella enterica'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infections', 'Stanley infections'] @entity869 :: ('MESH:D000667', 'Chemical') :: ['ampicillin'] @entity1964 :: ('MESH:D004760', 'Disease') :: ['uncomplicated enterocolitis'] @entity2755 :: ('MESH:D002701', 'Chemical') :: ['chloramphenicol']
@entity11621 :: (28901,Species) :: ['Salmonella enterica']
