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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE OF CAMPYLOLOBACTER ISOLATED FROM AUTOMATED BROILER FARMS
Author(s) -
DE MOURA OLIVEIRA KEILY ALVES,
MENDONÇA REGINA CÉLIA SANTOS,
DE OLIVEIRA GLAUCO VIEIRA,
SODRÉ ARTHUR FREITAS
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of food safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1745-4565
pISSN - 0149-6085
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2005.00030.x
Subject(s) - antibiotics , bacitracin , nalidixic acid , erythromycin , biology , oxytetracycline , antibiotic resistance , tetracycline , penicillin , broiler , microbiology and biotechnology , campylobacter , colistin , campylobacteriosis , veterinary medicine , medicine , food science , bacteria , genetics
The use of the same antibiotics in animal food and conventional medicine can cause problems in the treatment of human diseases, because poultry frequently carry human pathogens. The aim of the present study was to determine the antibiotic resistances patterns of Campylobacter jejuni isolated from the rearing environment of broiler chickens – litter, drinking water, feed and the bird's cloaca. The results showed significant resistance to the following antibiotics: sulfonamide (77%), tetracycline (100%), erythromycin (80%) and penicillin G (100%). Intermediary resistance was present in bacitracin (90%), trimethoprim (100%), vancomycin (100%), chloramphenicol (97%), nalidixic acid (100%) and azithromycin (100%). However, new studies need to be carried out in Brazil to determine the resistance amplitude of this microorganism in other animals and humans. It is important to define some control strategies of the antibiotics used in animal production and human medicine.