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Table 14. Number of antimicrobial classes in resistance pattern of Enterococcus 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 Glycopeptides Glycylcyclines Lincosamides Lipopeptides Macrolides Nitrofurans Oxazolidinones Penicillins Phenicols Quinolones Streptogramins Tetracyclines
  1 2–5 6–9 10–13 a GEN KAN STR VAN TIG LIN DAP ERY TYL NIT LNZ PEN CHL CIP QDA TET
British Columbia
E. faecalis 63 (87.5) 10 21 32       12 17         31 31       2 2   50
Enterococcus spp. 7 (9.7)     7       1 2     7   1 1 3         4 3
E. faecium 2 (2.8)       2     1 2     2   1 1 1   2   2 2 2
Total 72 (100) 10 21 39 2     14 21     9   33 33 4   2 2 4 6 55
Saskatchewan
E. faecalis 86 (93.5) 8 30 48     4 16 27         51 51             72
Enterococcus spp. 5 (5.4)     5               5       4   1     2 3
E. faecium 1 (1.1)     1               1       1         1 1
Total 92 (100) 8 30 54     4 16 27     6   51 51 5   1     3 76
Ontario
E. faecalis 151 (92.1) 15 50 86     12 36 34         82 82 2     1 1   131
Enterococcus spp. 9 (5.5)   2 5 2   1 4 3     8   4 4 2   1   2 3 6
E. faecium 4 (2.4)   1   3     1 3     4   3 3 3   3   2 3 3
Total 164 (100) 15 53 91 5   13 41 40     12   89 89 7   4 1 5 6 140
Québec
E. faecalis 126 (96.2) 10 38 78     13 28 44         77 77       4 2   107
Enterococcus spp. 4 (3.1)   1 3       1 1     4   1 1 1   1     2 2
E. faecium 1 (0.8)     1         1     1               1 1  
Total 131 (100) 10 39 82     13 29 46     5   78 78 1   1 4 3 3 109

a Because E. faecalis is intrinsically resistant to lincomycin and quinupristine-dalfopristine the range is 10-11.

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