Development of a Real‐Time PCR Assay for Detection of gyrA Mutations Associated with Reduced Susceptibility to Ciprofloxacin in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi and Paratyphi A

Abstract

A real‐time PCR assay with the cycling probe method was used to detect mutations at codons 83 and 87 in the DNA gyrase A subunit encoded by gyrA in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi A clinical isolates. The susceptibility estimated from the results of the gyrA mutation assay was consistent with that identified by the culture method using an E‐test. This assay allows rapid screening of S. enterica serovar Typhi and Paratyphi A with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin.