title: Metronidazole resistance in Campylobacter jejuni from poultry meat.
abstract: The occurrence of metronidazole resistance was investigated among Campylobacter jejuni in raw poultry meat collected from supermarkets. MICs were determined by the agar dilution procedure in the testing range of 3 to 60 microg/ml metronidazole. The MICs showed a bimodal distribution with a significant proportion of metronidazole-resistant isolates among C. jejuni from raw broiler and turkey meat. Metronidazole resistance occurred most frequently among turkey meat isolates (P < 0.005). This is the first report of foodborne bacteria carrying metronidazole resistance.
authors.affiliation: Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Microbiological Food Safety, Søborg, Denmark. sa@laborantskolen.dk
authors.forename: Sigrid Rita
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Naseer M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Shukri
authors.forename: Jeppe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boel
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saadbye
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000187:drug effects*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011200:Poultry; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008795:Metronidazole