Draft Genome Sequences of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Strains with Multiple-Antibiotic Resistance, Isolated from Imported Foods

Ashraf A Khan; Bijay K Khajanchi; Sana A Khan; Christopher A Elkins; Steven L Foley

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01222-17

Draft Genome Sequences of Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Salmonella enterica Strains with Multiple-Antibiotic Resistance, Isolated from Imported Foods

Genome Announc. 2017 Nov 9;5(45):e01222-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01222-17.

Authors

Ashraf A Khan¹, Bijay K Khajanchi², Sana A Khan², Christopher A Elkins³, Steven L Foley²

Affiliations

¹ U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA ashraf.khan@fda.hhs.gov.
² U.S. Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
³ Division of Molecular Biology, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Laurel, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

We report here the draft genome sequences of 15 ciprofloxacin-resistant Salmonella enterica strains with resistance to multiple other antibiotics, including aminoglycosides, β-lactams, sulfonamides, tetracycline, and trimethoprim, isolated from different imported foods. Three strains (NCTR75, NCTR281, and NCTR350) showed a high level of ciprofloxacin resistance compared to that of the other isolates. The whole-genome sequencing data provide a better understanding of the antibiotic resistance mechanisms and virulence properties of these isolates.