Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Pig Guts, Pig Feces, and Surface Swabs from the Cutting Tables at Slaughterhouse and Taverns in Southern Benin
Table 5
Percentages of resistance of C. coli and C. jejuni strains to antibiotics according to samples.
Classes of antibiotics
Antibiotics used
Number of strains identified, n = 109 (%)
Samples
Pig guts, n = 80 (%)
Cutting table swabs, n = 23 (%)
Feces, n = 6 (%)
C. coli
C. jejuni
Total
C. coli
C. jejuni
Total
C. coli
C. jejuni
Total
β-Lactamase
AMC
11 (10.1)
6 (75.0)
2 (25.0)
8 (10.0)
—
1 (100.0)
1 (4.3)
1 (50.0)
1 (50.0)
2
AMP
48 (44.0)
27 (75.0)
9 (25.0)
36 (45.0)
5 (55.6)
4 (44.4)
9 (39.1)
2 (66.7)
1 (33.3)
3
Fluoroquinolones
CIP
71 (65.1)
44 (83.0)
9 (17.0)
53 (66.3)
9 (64.3)
5 (35.7)
14 (60.9)
3 (75.0)
1 (25.0)
4
Macrolides
E
26 (23.9)
8 (57.1)
6 (42.9)
14 (17.5)
3 (33.3)
6 (66.7)
9 (39.1)
2 (66.7)
1 (33.3)
3
Tétracycline
TE
84 (77.1)
52 (86.7)
8 (13.3)
60 (75.0)
12 (66.7)
6 (33.3)
18 (78.3)
4 (66.7)
2 (33.3)
6
Aminoglycosides
GM
12 (11.0)
6 (75.0)
2 (25.0)
8 (10.0)
—
2 (100.0)
2 (8.7)
1 (50.0)
1 (50.0)
2
AMC: amoxicillin + clavulanic acid; AMP: ampicillin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; E: erythromycin; TE: tetracycline; GM: gentamicin; significant difference between the percentages of erythromycin resistance of strains isolated from the different types of samples ( = 0.00012; = 0.0248).
