Table 2. Characteristics of Salmonella isolates from catsa.
| Isolate no. | Source | Serotype | Phage type | PFGE patternb | Resistance phenotypeb | Resistance genotype |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Diseased house cat | 4:i:- | – | ND | ACSuTSxt | blaTEM, cat, sul2, tet(A), dfrA1 |
| 40 | Diseased house cat | Bovismorbificans | – | ND | – | - |
| 109 | House cat | Enteritidis | 21 | ND | – | - |
| 1145, 1147, 55 | Diseased house cats | Typhimurium | 193 | II | A | blaTEM |
| 89, 165, 174, 198, 320, 326, 352, 355, 358, 359, 369, 380, 390, 392 | Group-housed cats | Typhimurium | 120/ad | Ia | ACT | blaTEM, cat, tet(A) |
| 161, 350 | Group-housed cats | Typhimurium | 120/ad | Ib | C | cat |
| 220, 339 | Group-housed cats | Typhimurium | 120/ad | Ic | C | cat |
aA, ampicillin; C, chloramphenicol; Su, sulfonamides, T, tetracycline; Sxt, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; ND, not determined; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. bRoman numerals indicate the major types of fragment patterns; lowercase letters indicate minor variations in the respective fragment pattern.