TABLE 2.
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of serovar Typhimurium DT104 isolates from house rats in building YS
| Sampling date | Rat
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No. of DT104 isolates
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Species | No. captured | Total | With antimicrobial resistance pattern:
|
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| ACSSuT | SSu | ASu | ||||
| 24 October | R. rattus | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | R. norvegicus | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 November | R. rattus | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | R. norvegicus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 January | R. rattus | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 February | R. rattus | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 May | R. rattus | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 June | R. rattus | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 July | R. rattus | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 August | R. rattus | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 September | R. rattus | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | R. norvegicus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | R. rattus | 146 | 19 (13.0%a) | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| R. norvegicus | 32 | 7 (21.9%a) | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
a
DT104-carrying rats as a percentage of captured rats.