Antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates obtained in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from 2002 to 2013.
From 2002 to 2013 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 38 Campylobacter coli isolates were more frequently erythromycin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin resistant than 440 Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni isolates (18.4% versus 1.8%; P = 0.00005), of which the 148 isolates acquired abroad were more frequently erythromycin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin resistant than the 292 isolates acquired locally (5.4% versus 0%; P = 0.0001).
Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada christiane.gaudreau.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca.
Christiane
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Gaudreau
Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
France
F
Boucher
Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal-Hôpital Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Huguette
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Gilbert
Département de Microbiologie, Infectiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada Laboratoire de Santé Publique du Québec/Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada.
Sadjia
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Bekal
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D011792:Quebec; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin; D004917:Erythromycin; D013752:Tetracycline