The occurrence of high-level streptothricin resistance in thermotolerant campylobacters isolated from the slurry of swine and the environment.
This is the first report on the occurrence of streptothricin resistance (MIC > 400 micrograms/ml) in Campylobacter spp. The majority of resistant strains has been typed as C. coli by biotyping and SDS disc electrophoresis of bacterial whole cell proteins. The resistance to streptothricin was strongly connected with resistance to kanamycin (100%) and tetracycline (80%). As an important source of streptothricin-resistant Campylobacter strains we localized slurry of swine previously fed with feed containing streptothricins. Additionally, such strains could also be isolated from river water.
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Federal Health Office, Institute for Water-, Soil and Air Hygiene, Bad Elster, Germany.
Jacob
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D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial / Q000235:genetics; D011815:R Factors; D013309:Streptothricins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology; D013696:Temperature; D014871:Water Microbiology
D013309:Streptothricins