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

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 16, 2012
Accession Number
ADA563844

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Naval Medical Research Center

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Biomedical Research
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diarrhea
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Food Chains
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Governments
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome
  • Health Services
  • Infection
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Lactones
  • North America
  • Pathogenic Bacteria
  • United States

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