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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 1998, p. 2106-2108, Vol. 42, No. 8
0066-4804/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Antimicrobial Resistance of Clinical Strains of Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni Isolated from 1985 to 1997 in Quebec, Canada

Christiane Gaudreau* and Huguette Gilbert

Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Infectiologie, Campus Saint-Luc, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2X 3J4

Received 2 September 1997/Returned for modification 11 December 1997/Accepted 11 May 1998

The antimicrobial resistance of 158 Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from humans in Quebec, Canada, from 1995 to 1997 was compared to the resistance of 47 and 86 strains of C. jejuni isolated in 1985 and 1986 and in 1992 and 1993, respectively. Of the 291 C. jejuni strains tested, no strain was resistant to erythromycin. Compared to the C. jejuni strains isolated in 1985 and 1986, the C. jejuni strains isolated in 1992 and 1993 were more resistant to tetracycline (40.7 versus 19.1%, respectively; P = 0.01) but not to nalidixic acid or ciprofloxacin (P > 0.05). Compared to the C. jejuni strains isolated in 1992 and 1993 and in 1985 and 1986, the C. jejuni strains isolated from 1995 to 1997 were more resistant to tetracycline (55.7% versus 40.7 and 19.1%, respectively; P = 0.03 and P < 0.001, respectively) to nalidixic acid (13.9% versus 4.7 and 0%, respectively; P = 0.02 and P = 0.007, respectively), and to ciprofloxacin (12.7% versus 3.5 and 0%, respectively; P = 0.02 and P = 0.009, respectively).

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Département de Microbiologie Médicale et Infectiologie, Campus Saint-Luc, CHUM, 1058 rue Saint-Denis, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2X 3J4. Phone: (514) 281-2100. Fax: (514) 281-2443. E-mail: cgaudro{at}cam.org.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 1998, p. 2106-2108, Vol. 42, No. 8
0066-4804/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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