Antimicrobial-resistant Campylobacter species from retail raw meats.
The antimicrobial susceptibilities of 378 Campylobacter isolates were determined. Resistance to tetracycline was the most common (82%), followed by resistance to doxycycline (77%), erythromycin (54%), nalidixic acid (41%), and ciprofloxacin (35%). Campylobacter coli displayed significantly higher rates of resistance to ciprofloxacin and erythromycin than Campylobacter jejuni, and Campylobacter isolates from turkey meat showed a greater resistance than those from chicken meat.
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Beilei
B
Ge
David G
DG
White
Patrick F
PF
McDermott
Webb
W
Girard
Shaohua
S
Zhao
Susannan
S
Hubert
Jianghong
J
Meng
D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology