Research Article

Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Thermophilic Campylobacter Isolated from Chicken in Côte d’Ivoire

Table 1

Antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from chickens in 2009 in Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire).

Campylobacter strainsAntibiotic disks
NACIPAMXEGM

Campylobacter spp. ( )
 R60 (78.9%)38 (50%)9 (11.8)10 (13.5%)3 (3.9%)
 I7 (9.2%)10 (13.2%)14 (18.4%)12 (15.8%)0 (0%)
 S9 (11.9%)28 (36.8%)53 (69.8%)54 (70.7%)73 (96.1%)
C. jejuni ( )
 R31 (79.5%)15 (38.5%) 4 (10.2%)7 (17.9%)3 (7.7%)
 I2 (12.8%)6 (15.4%)9 (23.1%)8 (20.5%)0 (0%)
 S6 (7.7%)18 (46.1%)26 (66.7%)24 (61.6%)36 (92.3%)
C. coli ( )
 R29 (78.4%)16 (43.2%)5 (13.5%)3 (8.1%)0 (0%)
 I2 (5.4%)4 (10.8%) 5 (13.5%)4 (10.8%)0 (0%)
 S6 (16.2%)17 (46%)27 (73%)30 (81.1%)37 (100%)

S: sensitive, I: intermediate, R: resistant, NA: Nalidixic acid, CIP: Ciprofloxacin, AMX: Amoxicillin, E: Erythromycin, GM: Gentamicin.