Accession Number:

ADA563844

Title:

Campylobacter Antimicrobial Resistance in Peru: A Ten-year Observational Study

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INST DETACHMENT LIMA (PERU)

Personal Author(s):

• Pollett, Simon
• Rocha, Claudio
• Zerpa, Rito
• Patino, Lilian
• Valencia, Augusto
• Camina, Maximo
• Guevara, Jose
• Lopez, Martha
• Chuquiray, Nancy
• Salazar-Lindo, Eduardo

Report Date:

2012-08-16

Pagination or Media Count:

18.0

Abstract:

Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are food-borne pathogens of great importance and feature prominently in the etiology of developing world enteritis and travellers diarrhoea. Increasing antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter prevalence has been described globally, yet data from Peru is limited. Our objective was to describe the prevalence trends of fluoroquinolone and macrolide-resistant C. jejuni and C. coli stool isolates from three regions in Peru over a ten-year period.

Descriptors:

• *BACTERIA
• *ESCHERICHIA COLI
• *FOOD
• *JEJUNUM
• ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS
• ETIOLOGY
• GASTROENTERITIS
• PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS
• PERU
• RESISTANCE
• RESISTANCE(BIOLOGY)

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Microbiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE