Table 2 |
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Ciprofloxacin and erythromycin resistance of Campylobacter spp. from two commercial turkey processing plants. |
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Plant A |
Plant B |
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Species |
No. (%) |
No. (%) resistant to ciprofloxacin |
No. (%) resistant to erythromycin |
No. (%) |
No. (%) resistant to ciprofloxacin |
No. (%) resistant to erythromycin |
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C. jejuni |
217a (49)b |
0c (0.0)d |
0c (0.0)d |
281a (78)b |
80c (28)d |
1c (0.3)d |
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C. coli |
196 (45) |
22 (11) |
81 (41) |
62 (17) |
39 (63) |
9 (17) |
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C. fetus |
1 (0.2) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
3 (0.8) |
3 (100) |
0 (0.0) |
|
C. lari |
7 (1.6) |
2 (29) |
1 (14) |
0 (0.0) |
n/a |
n/a |
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C. upsaliensis |
3 (0.7) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (7.0) |
0 (0.0) |
n/a |
n/a |
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Campylobacter spp. |
15 (3.4) |
0 (0.0) |
0 (0.0) |
16 (4.4) |
15 (94) |
0 (0) |
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Total |
439 |
24c (5.5)e |
82c (19)e |
362 |
137c (38)e |
10c (2.8)e |
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aNumber of total isolates tested. bPercentage of total isolates tested. cNumber of isolates resistant. dPercentage of isolates resistant among total tested for that species. ePercentage of isolates resistant among total tested for that plant. |
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Lutgen et al. BMC Microbiology 2009 9:203 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-203 |
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