Havlickova H, Hradecka H, Bernardyova I, Rychlik I: Distribution of integrons and SGI1 among antibiotic-resistant Salmonella enterica isolates of animal origin. Vet Microbiol find more 2009, 33:193–8.CrossRef 52. Chen S, Cui S, McDermott PF, Zhao S, White DG, Paulsen I, Meng J: Contribution of target gene mutations and efflux to decreased susceptibility of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to fluoroquinolones and other antimicrobials. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007, 51:535–542.PubMedCrossRef Authors’ contributions CC designed, instructed and supervised most aspects of this project. LHC, CYL and CYY collected samples and data analysis of chicken isolates. LHC and CMY did laboratory

work and data analysis. JML and SWC performed the experiments and data analysis.

CHC and CSC assisted in the design click here of the study and data analysis of human isolates. CLC, CYY, and CCH gave useful comments and critically read the manuscript. YMH and CPW assisted in animal sampling, data analysis and edited the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.”
“Background Vibrio infections are becoming more and more common worldwide. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 8,028 Vibrio infections and 57 deaths occur annually in the United States. Of these infections, 5,218 are foodborne in origin [1]. Three major syndromes, gastroenteritis, wound infection, and septicema, are caused by pathogenic vibrios. Within the genus Vibrio, V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus have long been established as important human

pathogens in various parts of the world. Generally, these organisms are contracted after the patient has consumed raw or undercooked seafood, such as oysters, shrimp, and fish [2]. Hence, identification and subtyping of Vibrio isolates are of significant importance to public health and the safety of the human food supply. In the last several years, an explosion of taxonomic studies have defined and redefined the members of the genus Vibrio. In 2004, Thompson et al. [2] introduced a classification strategy for vibrios that recommended, based on concatenated 16S rRNA gene sequencing, recA, and rpoA gene sequences, that the family Vibrionaceae be separated into four new families, Vibrionaceae, Salinivibrionaceae, Photobacteriaceae and Thiamet G Enterovibrionaceae. The new family Vibrionaceae is comprised solely of the genus Vibrio, which at that time consisted of 63 distinct species. To date, the genus Vibrio has expanded to include a total of 74 distinct species http://​www.​vibriobiology.​net/​ with several new Vibrio species being identified in the last four years [3–6]. As it likely that this trend will continue, it becomes increasingly important to have simple yet accurate identification systems capable of differentiating all Vibrio species. An array of phenotypic and genomic techniques has become available for the identification of vibrios.