Antimicrobial Resistance in <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serovar Paratyphi B Variant Java in Poultry from Europe and Latin America

Abstract

T he d-Tartrate fermenting, nonparatyphoidal vari- ant of Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi B, contemporarily known as variant Java, was first reported in 1935 by De Moor (1). From then until recently, Salmonella Paratyphi B var. Java caused sporadic self-limiting gastrointestinal infections in humans (2-4). Since 1990, reports of human infections increased in Europe (5-10), North America Human infections with this serovar were mainly related to exposure to fish or reptiles A dramatic increase in prevalence in poultry and poultry meat in Europe was reported