Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from wild birds in Sweden
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Summary, in English
In order to determine the occurrence and frequency of resistant strains of the bacterium Campylobacter jejuni and to establish baseline MICs in isolates from an environmental reservoir, the resistance profiles of 10 antimicrobial substances were determined for 137 C. jejuni isolates from wild birds in Sweden. Observed MICs were generally low, with only low to moderate incidence of resistance to the tested compounds. One isolate, however, was resistant to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin, indicating that quinolone-resistant genotypes of C. jejuni have the potential to spread to wild bird hosts.
Publishing year
2005
Language
English
Pages
2438-2441
Publication/Series
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume
71
Issue
5
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Topic
- Biological Sciences
Status
Published
Research group
- Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0099-2240