Pathogen that causes important food-borne disease. Salmonella enterica

Food samples of animal origin confiscated from passengers arriving on flights from non-European countries at the International Airport of Bilbao (Spain) were tested for the presence of main bacterial foodborne pathogens during 2012 and 2013. Overall, 11 samples were positive for Salmonella spp. (5.5%). The Salmonella spp. isolates belonged to seven serovars: monophasic serovar 4,12:d:− (3; 27.3%), Rauform (2; 18.2%), Anatum (2; 18.2%), Oranienburg, Enteritidis, Newport and Typhimurium(1; 9.1% each). Antibiotic resistance among S. enterica was found to amynoglicosides and fluoroquinolones. Consequently, international travel can play an important role in the prevalence and dissemination of successful clones of foodborne pathogenic bacteria, and continuous monitoring of international movements is of importance to better understand clonal evolution and emergence and dissemination of successful lineages.