Table 4.
First-line Antimicrobial Therapy Received, Resistance, and Mean Duration
| Treatment | Cases (N = 299) |
Resistance (n = 189) |
Duration, Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | 16 (5.4) | 0/10 (0) | 9.5 (4) |
| Amoxicillin-clavulanate | 22 (7.4) | 0/17 (0) | 9.2 (6.1) |
| Fluoroquinolone | 64 (21.4) | 24/47 (51.1) | 7.7 (4.3) |
| Macrolide | 120 (40.1) | 0/79 (0) | 5.4 (2.5) |
| 3GCa | 36 (12) | 36/36 (100) | 9.1 (4.7) |
| Otherb | 8 (2.7) | NA | NA |
| No antimicrobial treatment | 33 (11) | NA | NA |
Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
Abbreviations: 3GC, third-generation cephalosporin; NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.
a3GC was ceftriaxone. 3GCs are not tested in Campylobacter panels; it is a natural resistance.
bOther included vancomycin, clindamycin, piperacillin-tazobactam, metronidazole, imipenem, doxycycline.