DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2015.v03i08.063

Pages: 3065-3074

Bacterial food borne contamination by Salmonella species continues to be a challenge to both animal and human health world-wide. This current study was carried out in order to isolate, and determine antibiogram profiles of Salmonella isolates from clinical and non-clinical sources. This was A cross sectional and experimental study carried out. In three selected hospitals, Cattle abattoirs, and water sources in Bushenyi Uganda, between January 2011 and August 2011.Samples were analyzed by used standard microbiological methods. In results out of 74 Salmonella isolates, 47 (63%) were from non-clinical samples, and 27 (37%) were from human patients. Of these isolates, 85% were resistant to 3-5 antimicrobials, and 100% were resistance to Tetracycline. Most of the isolates were relatively sensitive to ciprofloxacin, cotrimoxazole, Ceftriaxone, and Ceftazidime. The predominant servers from cattle, food, and waste water were S. typhimurium, S.arizonae, S.choleraesuis and S.infantis respectively. The only species isolated from humans were Salmonella typhimurium, S. typhi and S. enteritidis. In Conclusion from this study, the prevalence of Salmonella in nonclinical and clinical samples in Bushenyi district was 11.8% and 11.3% respectively. This result was significantly high and could be considered a potential source of food borne salmonellosis.