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Antibiotic resistance of Salmonella strains isolated from children living in the wastewater-spreading field of Marrakesh city (Morocco)

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A total of 813 Salmonella strains isolated from raw wastewater and stool specimens of inpatient children, living in the wastewater-spreading field of Marrakesh city, were examined for their susceptibility to 15 antimicrobial agents. All the isolates were susceptible to cefotaxime, and almost of them showed susceptibility to gentamicin (99.88%), trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (98.04%), nalidixic acid (98.04%), kanamycin (97.30%), trimethoprim (97.18%), and chloramphenicol (96.07%). The highest levels of antibiotic resistance were obtained for cephalothin (29.27%), amoxicillin (26.44%), sulphamethoxazole (26.07%), and ampicillin (25.21%). The strains from the serogroup B showed the highest antibiotic resistance frequencies. The percentage of polyresistant strains (36.09%) was significantly higher than that of monoresistant isolates (15.49%). The incidence of drug resistance in Salmonella isolates from stools was significantly higher than in those isolated from wastewater.

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  1. Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, 40 000, Marrakesh, Morocco

    A.A. Melloul

  2. Pr. Lahcen HASSANI, Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, BP 2390, 40 000, Marrakech, Morocco

    L. Hassani

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Melloul, A., Hassani, L. Antibiotic resistance of Salmonella strains isolated from children living in the wastewater-spreading field of Marrakesh city (Morocco). World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 15, 81–85 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008874630153

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