Ciprofloxacin-Resistant Campylobacter spp. in Retail Chicken, Western Canada

Abstract

During 2005–2010, the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance identified increased prevalence of ciprofloxacin (a fluoroquinolone) resistance among Campylobacter isolates from retail chicken in British Columbia (4%–17%) and Saskatchewan (6%–11%), Canada. Fluoroquinolones are critically important to human medicine and are not labeled for use in poultry in Canada.

Keywords

• Campylobacter
• antimicrobial resistance
• fluoroquinolone
• surveillance
• retail chicken
• bacteria