title: Ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter spp. in retail chicken, western Canada.
abstract: During 2005-2010, the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance identified increased prevalence of ciprofloxacin (a fluororquinolone) resistance among Campylobacter isolates from retail chicken in British Columbia (4%-17%) and Saskatchewan (6%-11%), Canada. Fluoroquinolones are critically important to human medicine and are not labeled for use in poultry in Canada.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. agnes.agunos@phac-aspc.gc.ca
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agunos
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Léger
authors.forename: Brent P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Avery
authors.forename: E Jane
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Parmley
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deckert
authors.forename: Carolee A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dutil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001955:British Columbia; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D005516:Food Microbiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D012525:Saskatchewan; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D013752:Tetracycline
keywords: Campylobacter; Canada; antimicrobial resistance; bacteria; fluoroquinolone; retail chicken; surveillance