Salmonella Genomic Characterization from Food and Patients in Ruian, China, 2020-2021

173 Salmonella isolates collected in Ruian City, China during 2020–2021, comprising 101 from diarrheal patients and 72 from food samples. The dataset includes serotyping, antimicrobial resistance phenotypes, and whole-genome sequencing results for virulence genes, resistance genes, and genetic relatedness. Author Na Li published the data under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare serotype distribution between clinical and food isolates based on the 28 identified serovars.
• Analyze antimicrobial resistance patterns based on phenotypes for amoxicillin, piperacillin, minocycline, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
• Study genetic relatedness and potential cross-transmission based on cgSNP phylogenomic analysis.
• Investigate discrepancies between antimicrobial resistance genes and phenotypes based on the 91 detected ARGs.
• Assess virulence potential based on virulence gene content patterns described for specific serovars like S. Rissen.

Strengths

• Includes 173 isolates with clear source breakdown: 101 clinical and 72 food samples.
• Provides phenotypic and genomic data for 28 distinct serovars and 31 sequence types.
• Contains detailed resistance rates for specific antibiotics and multidrug-resistant rates for both sources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to a specific city (Ruian) and time period (2020-2021), which may affect generalizability.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Whole-genome sequencing of archived isolates, serotyping, and antimicrobial resistance testing.

Time Range

2020–2021

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 05:41:41; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Ruian City, China