PMID: 20098784Jan 26, 2010Paper

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from stool cultures in Santiago, Chile

Revista chilena de infectología : órgano oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectología
Patricia C GarcíaHeríberto J Fernández

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni is a common agent of enterocolitis in humans. Campylobacteriosis has been recognized as a zoonotic disease whose reservoir is the intestinal flora of poultry. The reposition of fluid and electrolytes is the recommended treatment, and antimicrobials are required only in severe and/or in prolonged disease. Given the emergence of resistance to drugs commonly used in the treatment of acute diarrhea, we studied the antimicrobial susceptibility of 73 strains of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from stool culture. The antimicrobials tested were: erythromycin, azithromycin, ampicillin and ciprofloxacin. Of the 73 strains tested by E-test, 32.4% were resistant to ciprofloxacin and 6.4% were resistant to ampicillin. Resistance to erythromycin and azithromycin was not detected. The surveillance of antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni is important in the evaluation of empirically used antimicrobials in the treatment of bacterial enterocolitis.

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Aug 18, 2012·BMC Infectious Diseases·Simon PollettMatthew Kasper
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