BMC Research Notes (Jun 2020)

Prevalence and susceptibility to antibiotics from Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from chicken meat in southern Benin, West Africa

  • Sylvain Daton Kouglenou,
  • Alidehou Jerrold Agbankpe,
  • Victorien Dougnon,
  • Armando Djiyou Djeuda,
  • Esther Deguenon,
  • Marie Hidjo,
  • Lamine Baba-Moussa,
  • Honore Bankole

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-020-05150-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

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Abstract Objective Poultry is commonly considered to be the primary vehicle for Campylobacter infection in humans. The aim of this study is to assess the risk of Campylobacteriosis in chicken meat consumers in southern Benin by assessing the prevalence and resistance profile of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni isolated from chicken thigh in Southern Benin. Results The contamination rate of Campylobacter in the samples was 32.8%. From this percentage, 59.5% were local chicken thighs and 40.5% of imported chicken thighs (p = 0.045). After molecular identification, on the 256 samples analyzed, the prevalence of C. jejuni was 23.4% and 7.8% for C. coli, with a concordance of 0.693 (Kappa coefficient of concordance) with the results from phenotypic identification. Seventy-two-point seven percent of Campylobacter strains were resistant to Ciprofloxacin, 71.4% were resistant to Ampicillin and Tetracycline. 55.8% of the strains were multi-drug resistant.

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