Changes in antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium isolates from humans and cattle in the Northwestern United States, 1982-1997

Abstract

We compared antimicrobial resistance patterns of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium (ST) of isolates from humans (n = 715) and cattle (n = 378) in the Pacific Northwest from 1982 through 1997. The major changes in antimicrobial resistance can be attributed to the widespread clonal dissemination of multidrug-resistant definitive phage type 104 ST.