title: Comparison of genotypes and antibiotic resistances of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on chicken retail meat and at slaughter.
abstract: Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and antibiotic resistance patterns of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from retail chicken meat showed high overlap with isolates collected at slaughterhouses, indicating little selection along the production chain. They also showed significant common sequence types with human clinical isolates, revealing chicken meat as a likely source for human infection.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kittl
authors.forename: Bożena M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Korczak
authors.forename: Lilian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niederer
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baumgartner
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Buettner
authors.forename: Gudrun
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Overesch
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuhnert
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000235:genetics*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics*; D002645:Chickens; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D005511:Food Handling / Q000379:methods; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013557:Switzerland; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000382:microbiology