TABLE 2.
Geographical distribution of the SSCP patterns of gyrA of 130 ciprofloxacin-resistant and 23 ciprofloxacin-susceptible C. jejuni isolates
| Continent (no. of countries) | No. of isolatesa
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No. of isolates with SSCP pattern:b
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIP-S | CIP-R | ICIP-S | ICIP-R1 | ICIP-R2 | ICIP-R3 | IICIP-S | IIICIP-S | IIICIP-R1 | IIICIP-R2 | |
| Asia (10) | 7 | 59 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 54 | 1 | ||
| Africa (3) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Central America (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Europe (9) | 12 | 65 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 48 | ||
a
CIP-S, ciprofloxacin susceptible (MIC, ≤1 mg/ml); CIP-R, ciprofloxacin-resistant (MIC, ≥4 mg/ml).
b
SSCP patterns are designated as explained in the text and Table 1.