摘要：Antibiotic resistant Salmonella infections are rare in Australia. We investigated an increase in multi-drug resistant Salmonella Paratyphi B biovar Java (S. Java) infections in Australia during 2003–04. Eighty-two per cent (18/22) of S. Java cases enrolled into the study reported that they had been in contact with aquariums housing fi sh during their incubation period. Seventy-two per cent (13/18) of cases were infected with strains that were resistant to ApSmTcCmSuSp (ampicillin, streptomycin, tet-racycline, chloramphenicol, sulfonamides, spectinomycin). Case households commonly reported high risk behaviours, such as cleaning aquaria in sinks. Sixty-one per cent (11/18) of cases reported that fi sh in their aquarium had been sick or died in the week prior to their illness, and S. Java was isolated from the water or gravel of 5 cases. These antibiotic strains are being spread internationally and may become endemic in countries importing tropical fi sh or result in transfer of resistance to other more common Salmonella serotypes
关键词：Salmonella; paratyphi; antibiotics; aquariums; fi sh; reptiles; zoonoses
