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Periódicos Brasileiros em Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia

p. 497-500

Ciprofloxacin susceptibility reduction of salmonella strains isolated from outbreaks

Souza, Roberta BFerrari, Rafaela GMagnani, MarcianeKottwitz, Luciana B. MAlcocer, IlianaTognim, Maria Cristina BOliveira, Tereza C. R. M

The antimicrobial susceptibility of 212 Salmonella strains isolated from patients and foods was evaluated and 45 percent were found to be resistant to nalidixic acid. Nalidixic acid resistant strains showed a higher minimal inhibitory concentration for ciprofloxacin than sensitive strains. During the study an increase of strains with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin was also observed.

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