Antimicrobial susceptibility was analyzed for 354 typhoidal Salmonella isolates collected during 1999-2012 in the Netherlands. In 16.1% of all isolates and in 23.8% of all isolates that showed increased MICs for ciprofloxacin, the MIC for azithromycin was increased. This resistance may complicate empirical treatment of enteric fever.

doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.131536, hdl.handle.net/1765/81013
Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access)
Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam

Hassing, R., Goessens, W., van Pelt, W., Mevius, D., Stricker, B., Molhoek, N., … van Genderen, P. (2014). Salmonella subtypes with increased MICs for azithromycin in travelers returned to the Netherlands. Emerging Infectious Diseases - (Open Access), 20(4), 705–708. doi:10.3201/eid2004.131536