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Fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter absent from isolates, Australia
Leanne Unicomb1, John Ferguson, Thomas V Riley
1OzFoodNet, Newcastle, Australia. lunic@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|January 14, 2004
Abstract:
Fluoroquinolone resistance was detected in 12 of 370 Australian human Campylobacter isolates; 10 of these were travel-associated, and for 2 isolates travel status was unknown. No resistance was found in isolates known to be locally acquired. In Australia, fluoroquinolones have not been licensed for use in food production animals, a policy that may have relevance for countries with fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter.