Antibiotic resistance profile of Campylobacter isolated from chicken meat

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the contamination rate of chicken meat sample with Campylobacter and antibiotic resistance profile of this bacteria. A total of 200 chicken meat samples were collected at the traditional markets in Gia Lam district, Ha Noi City, of which there were 38 samples positive with Campylobacter. The result of biochemical test showed that among the isolated Campylobacter strains, the rate of C. jejuni and C. coli strains accounted for 81.58% (31/38) and 18.42% (7/38), respectively. The Campylobacter isolates in this study exhibited the highest antibiotic resistance rate to nalidixic acid (84.21%), ciprofloxacin (78.95%) and lowest resistance rate to erythromycin (7.89%) and azithromycin (7.89%). All the isolated strains were resistant to at least 2 antibiotics.
Especially, a C. jejuni strain was found to be resistant to 12/13 antibiotics.