Table 2.
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Campylobacter species isolated from different sources.
| Antimicrobial Class | Antimicrobial Agent | No. of C. jejuni Isolates (%) (n = 96) |
No. of C. coli Isolates (%) (n = 24) |
Total No. of Campylobacter Isolates (%) (n = 120) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human (25) | Chicken (71) | Human (5) | Chicken (19) | |||
| Beta-lactams | Amoxycillin | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 5 (100) | 19 (100) | 120 (100) |
| Ampicillin | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 5 (100) | 19 (100) | 120 (100) | |
| Sulbactam-ampicillin | 15 (60) | 47 (66.2) | 2 (40) | 6 (31.6) | 70 (58.3) | |
| Amoxycillin-clavulanic acid | 23 (92) | 66 (93) | 2 (40) | 16 (84.2) | 107 (89.2) | |
| Cephalothin | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 5 (100) | 19 (100) | 120 (100) | |
| Cefoxitin | 18 (72) | 20 (28.2) | 5 (100) | 12 (63.2) | 55 (45.8) | |
| Cefoperazone | 19 (76) | 50 (70.4) | 5 (100) | 15 (78.9) | 89 (74.2) | |
| Cefepime | 25 (100) | 60 (84.5) | 5 (100) | 10 (52.6) | 100 (83.3) | |
| Imipenem | 6 (24) | 32 (45.1) | 2 (40) | 9 (47.4) | 49 (40.8) | |
| Aztreonam | 14 (56) | 63 (88.7) | 5 (100) | 13 (68.4) | 95 (79.2) | |
| Quinolones | Nalidixic acid | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 5 (100) | 16 (84.2) | 117 (97.5) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 21 (84) | 56 (78.9) | 2 (40) | 13 (68.4) | 92 (76.7) | |
| Sulfonamides | Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 3 (60) | 19 (100) | 118 (98.3) |
| Tetracyclines | Doxycycline | 25 (100) | 54 (76.1) | 3 (60) | 19 (100) | 101 (84.2) |
| Macrolides | Erythromycin | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 5 (100) | 19 (100) | 120 (100) |
| Azithromycin | 25 (100) | 66 (93) | 5 (100) | 18 (94.7) | 114 (95) | |
| Clarithromycin | 25 (100) | 71 (100) | 3 (60) | 17 (89.5) | 116 (96.7) | |
| Aminoglycosides | Tobramycin | 15 (60) | 47 (66.2) | 5 (100) | 13 (68.4) | 80 (66.7) |
| Gentamicin | 23 (92) | 63 (88.7) | 3 (60) | 12 (63.2) | 101 (84.2) | |
| Amikacin | 8 (32) | 29 (40.8) | 3 (60) | 7 (36.8) | 47 (39.2) | |
| Oxazolidones | Linezolid | 25 (100) | 51 (71.8) | 3 (60) | 15 (78.9) | 94 (78.3) |
| Phenicols | Chloramphenicol | 23 (92) | 59 (83.1) | 2 (40) | 13 (68.4) | 97 (80.8) |
| Polypeptides | Colistin | 23 (92) | 50 (70.4) | 5 (100) | 15 (78.9) | 93 (77.5) |
| Lincosamide | Clindamycin | 25 (100) | 65 (91.5) | 5 (100) | 19 (100) | 114 (95) |
n: number.