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. 2008 Mar;14(3):429–435. doi: 10.3201/eid1403.071057

Table 4. Antimicrobial drug resistance in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from humans, retail meat and food animals in Mexico, 2002–2005*.

Source % Resistant†
AMP CHL CIP CRO GEN KAN NAL STR SU SXT TET
Ill humans (n = 87) 79.3 80.5 0.0 66.3 44.8 33.3 55.1 97.3 91.9 71.2 88.5
Asymptomatic children (n = 25) 36.0 36.0 0.0 25.0 4.0 4.0 12.0 73.9 60.0 24.0 44.0
Chicken‡ (n = 22) 100.0 86.4 0.0 77.3 18.2 18.1 27.2 100.0 90.9 54.5 90.9
Swine‡ (n = 127) 61.9 88.9 1.7 40.4 47.6 41.3 72.2 97.2 92.9 63.5 94.4
Cattle‡ (n = 53) 47.2 71.7 0.0 7.5 45.3 35.9 79.2 94.6 90.6 56.6 92.5

*AMP, ampicillin; CHL, chloramphenicol; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CRO, ceftriaxone; GEN, gentamicin; KAN, kanamycin; NAL, nalidixic acid; STR, streptomycin; SU, sulfisoxazole; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TET, tetracycline.
†Includes resistant and intermediate.
‡Includes isolates from food-animal intestines and the corresponding retail meat.