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Table 9. Number of antimicrobial classes in resistance patterns of Campylobacter isolates from beef cattle, by Campylobacter species; Abattoir Surveillance, 2009

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
C. jejuni 64 (74.4) 32 32                       32
C. coli 16 (18.6) 4 12                   1 1 11
Campylobacter spp. a 6 (7) 1 3 2                   5 2
Total 86 (100) 37 47 2                 1 6 45

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

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