Drug susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni isolated in China

Objective To understand the drug susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni isolated in China in recent 10 more years. Methods The minimum inhibitory concentrations(MICs) of 10 antibiotics in 6 categories to 116 C. jejuni strains isolated in China since 1995 were detected with agar dilution method recommended by WHO Global Foodborne Infections Network. Results The overall resistant rate of the C. jejuni strains to metronidazole was highest(97.4%). All the tested strains were sensitive to erythromycin. More than 6% of the strains isolated after 2010 showed multidrug resistance to 8 antibiotics. Conclusion The C. jejuni strains isolated from diarrhea patients still had high sensitivity to erythromycin, gentamicin and streptomycin, but high resistance to metronidazole, nalidixic acid, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and ampicillin