Especies de Campylobacter resistentes a fluoroquinolonas aisladas en aves de corral en la provincia de Loja durante el periodo Abril – Junio del 2016.

Abstract

Campylobacter spp is one of the most frequent pathogens of gastroenteritis worldwide in both developed countries and developing countries. Campylobacter is widely distributed in nature, one of the main reservoirs and source of human infection is poultry and its by-products.The use of antimicrobial therapy is an important event for both treatment for bacterial resistance. Considering its importance in clinical diagnosis and lack of data on bacterial resistance, the isolation of Campylobacter species resistant to fluoroquinolones in poultry in the province of Loja was determined during the period April - June 2016. 60 samples were collected chicken feces of which 68.33% (41) were positive for Campylobacter. Whereas the species 90.24% (37) of C. jejuni and 9.75% (4) of C. coli was isolated. 6 antibiotics was used for the determination of bacterial resistance, which were resistant to ciprofloxacin of 82.92%, 7.31% erythromycin, amoxicillin / clavulanate 2.43%, 12.19% ampicillin and gentamicin 4.87