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Table 13. Number of antimicrobial classes in resistance pattern of Campylobacter isolates from chicken, by species; Retail Meat Surveillance, 2009

Province / Species Number (%) of isolates Number of isolates by number of antimicrobial classes in the resistance pattern Number of isolates resistant by antimicrobial class and antimicrobial
Aminoglycosides Ketolides Lincosamides Macrolides Phenicols Quinolones Tetracyclines
  1 2–3 4–5 6–7 GEN TEL CLI AZM ERY FLR CIP NAL TET
British Columbia
C. jejuni 65 (84.4) 21 31 13                 18 18 39
C. coli 11 (14.3) 6 5                   3 3 2
Campylobacter spp. 1 (1.3)   1                   1 1  
Total 77 (100) 27 37 13                 22 22 41
Saskatchewan
C. jejuni 41 (85.4) 16 20 5                 6 6 24
C. coli 7 (14.6) 1 6                   1 1 5
Total 48 (100) 17 26 5                 7 7 29
Ontario
C. jejuni 94 (93.1) 54 36 4       3 2 4 4   1 1 36
C. coli 7 (6.9) 3 3 1       1 1 1 1       3
Total 101 (100) 57 39 5       4 3 5 5   1 1 39
Québec
C. jejuni 48 (92.3) 17 27 4       3 1 4 4       30
C. coli 4 (7.7) 2 2                       2
Total 52 (100) 19 29 4       3 1 4 4       32
Maritimes
C. jejuni 42 (89.4) 20 19 2 1     3 1 3 3       22
C. coli 5 (10.6) 2 1 2                 2 2 3
Total 47 (100) 22 20 4 1     3 1 3 3   2 2 25

Campylobacter spp. includes unidentified species, some of which may be intrinsically resistant to nalidixic acid.

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