Med. Weter. 71 (12), 801-806, 2015
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| Wysok B., Pastuszczak – Frąk M., Uradziński J., Gomółka – Pawlicka M., Dzisko J., Dziedziech M., Marko A. |
| Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. strains isolated from slaughter animals and human |
| A total of 71 broilers, 174 pigs and 277 cattles were examined in the slaughterhouse. The samples were collected from contents of the small intestines and swabs from carcasses’s surfaces. Campylobacter spp. were isolated from intestinal contents of poultry, swine and cattle at the level of 100%, 51.1% and 36.4% respectively. The prevalence of Campylobacter spp. was confirmed in 91.5%, 29.8% and 10.5% of the swab samples, respectively. From humans with gastrointestinal symptoms Campylobacter spp. were isolated from 46 of 1347 (3.4%) fecal samples. The majority of isolates from humans, poultry and cattle were identified as C. jejuni, whereas swine isolates were mainly positive for C. coli. Antimicrobial susceptiblity tests were performed by using disc diffusion method. Antibiotic profiling showed that Campylobacter strains isolated from humans and animals were most frequently resistant to quinolones and fluroquinolones. The cyprofloxacin susceptibility rates were determined in 35.5% poultry isolates, 38.3% swine isolates, 46.1% cattle isolates and 41.3% humans isolates. In case of nalidixic acid the obtained values were 25.9%, 48.2%, 40.0% and 36.9%, respectively. These findings indicate that above mentioned groups of antibiotics should not be recommended in Poland against Campylobacter infection. There were 100% of cattle isolates and 91.3% of human isolates susceptible to erythromycin, wwhich shows the highes efficiency of this antibiotic. Gentamycin was efficient in 100% swine and poultry isolates to 94,6% and 89,1%, cattle and human isolates respectively. Thus the results indicate the usefulness of this antibiotics in treatment of campylobacteriosis. |
| Key words: Campylobacter spp., poultry, livestock, antibiotic resistance |