Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter isolated from retail chickens in Thailand.

Campylobacter is an important foodborne pathogen causing bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide; however, there has been a lack of information over the past decade on its occurrence, antibiotic susceptibility and genetic diversity in Thailand. Poultry meat is considered as a reservoir for transmission of Campylobacter to humans. This study determines the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Campylobacter spp. on chicken samples purchased from 50 local wet markets and supermarkets in central Thailand. Of the 296 samples, 99 (33.5%) were contaminated with C. jejuni, 54 (18.2%) were C. coli and 15 (5.1%) were contaminated with both species. Antibiotic resistance rate is higher among C. coli isolates; 100%, 76.8%, 37.7%, 36.2% and 13.0% were resistant to quinolones, cyclines, macrolides, clindamycin and gentamicin, respectively. Most of the C. jejuni isolates were resistant to quinolones (79.8%) and cyclines (38.6%) whereas resistance to macrolides, clindamycin and gentamicin was found to be 1.8%. Multi-drug resistance (i.e. to three or more unrelated antimicrobials) was detected in 37.7% of C. coli and 1.8% of C. jejuni isolates. This study has revealed high contamination rates and alarming levels of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter spp. isolated from retail chicken samples in Thailand, suggesting the necessity of implementing interventions to reduce its prevalence from farm to table in the country. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Piyada Wangroongsarb, Nattapong Cheunban, Chutima Jittaprasatsin, Thanitchai Kamthalang, Nonglak Saipradit, Pattharaporn Chaichana, Chaiwat Pulsrikarn, Sittiporn Parnmen, Orapan Sripichai. Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter isolated from retail chickens in Thailand. International journal of food microbiology. 2021 Feb 02;339:109017

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