Occurrence and resistance to antibiotics of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in animals and meat in northeastern Italy

Pezzotti, Giovanni; Serafin, Antonella; Luzzi, Ida; Mioni, R.; Milán, Miguel; Perin, R.

doi:10.1016/s0168-1605(02)00314-8

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“…Foods of animal origin, in particular poultry, have been identified as significant sources of this enteropathogen as a result of infection and contamination at the pre-harvest and harvest levels [126].…”

Section: Human Epidemiology and Foods Of Animal Originmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Transmission of antimicrobial resistance from food animals to humans can occur via the food chain [126,133]. It is difficult to determine the precise extend of the risk posed to human health [127].…”

Section: Surveillance Of Antimicrobial Resistance In Campylobacter Sppmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Horizontal gene transfer is a significant mechanism for disseminating antimicrobial resistance among unrelated bacterial populations [10,126]. Integron structures play a pivotal role and have been identified in several Gram-negative bacterial species including food-borne pathogens, such as Salmonella spp., E. coli and Shigella spp.…”

Section: Mdr-mediated By Antimicrobial Efflux Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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-Species within the genus, Campylobacter, have emerged over the last three decades as significant clinical pathogens, particularly of human public health concern, where the majority of acute bacterial enteritis in the Western world is due to these organisms. Of particular concern are the species, C. jejuni and C. coli, which are responsible for most of these gastrointestinal-related infections. Although these organisms have already emerged as causative agents of zoonoses, several aspects of their epidemiology and pathophysiology are only beginning to emerge. Trends in increasing antibiotic resistance are beginning to emerge with oral antibiotics, which may be the drug of choice for when it is necessary to intervene chemotherapeutically. This review wishes to examine (i) emerging clinical aspects of the disease, such as Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS), (ii) the association between these organisms and poultry as a natural host, (iii) environmental aspects of Campylobacter epidemiology, (iv) the emergence of atypical campylobacters (v) emerging trends in antibiotic resistance, (vi) adoption of modern methods for the detection of campylobacters.

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Section: Human Epidemiology and Foods Of Animal Originmentioning

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Section: Surveillance Of Antimicrobial Resistance In Campylobacter Sppmentioning

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Section: Mdr-mediated By Antimicrobial Efflux Systemsmentioning

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“…are considered to have a natural reservoir in pigs, and an excretion level of up to 5 log 10 CFU/g in faeces at the time of slaughter constitutes a potential contamination source (Weijtens et al, 1993;Boes et al, 2005;Jensen et al, 2006). Pigs are not only a reservoir for this pathogen, as tests show that up to 10% of pork meat samples at the retail level are contaminated with Campylobacter coli or Campylobacter jejuni (Pezzotti et al, 2003;Wong et al, 2007). Although C. coli is often dominant to C. jejuni in pigs, C. jejuni, the major source of human campylobacteriosis, was found in 29% of the 48 organic pigs tested by Jensen et al (2006).…”

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Effects of feeding finisher pigs with chicory or lupine feed for one week or two weeks before slaughter with respect to levels of Bifidobacteria and Campylobacter

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Hansen

Baggesen

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This study aimed to assess whether inclusion of chicory or lupine (prebiotics) in the diet of pre-slaughter pigs for just 1 or 2 weeks could change the composition of their intestinal microbiota, stimulate the growth of bifidobacteria and help to lower the amount of thermoplilicCampylobacterspp. (mainlyCampylobacter jejuniandCampylobacter coli), which are a major cause of food-borne infections in humans. A total of 48 pigs that had an initial live weight of 90 kg were fed with either a lupine (organic concentrate with 25% blue lupine seeds), chicory (organic concentrate with 10% dried chicory roots) or control (100% organic concentrate) diet for 1 week (24 pigs) or 2 weeks (24 pigs) before slaughter. TheCampylobacterspp. level in rectal faecal samples after 0, 1 and 2 weeks of feeding and in the luminal content from ileum, caecum and colon at slaughter was determined by direct plating on modified charcoal-cefoperazone-deoxycholate agar plates. DNA extracted from the luminal content of distal ileum and caecum was used for terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of the composition of intestinal microbiota and for measuring the amount of bifidobacterial and total bacterial DNA by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR).Campylobacterspp. were excreted by all pigs and present in the luminal content from distal ileum to midway colon with particularly high numbers in the caecum, but the excretion was reduced by 10-fold in pigs fed lupines for 1 week as compared with control- and chicory-fed pigs (mean log102.9v. 4.1 CFU/g;P< 0.05). The qPCR analysis showed that feeding with lupines resulted in higher levels of bifidobacteria in caecum as compared with the other diets (P< 0.05). T-RFLP analysis showed that four of the most abundant bacteria with terminal restriction fragment values >5% relative to the intensity of total abundance differed between the feed treatments (P< 0.05). Therefore, this study showed that even a short-term alternative feeding strategy with prebiotics in the diet of pre-slaughter pigs elicited changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiota, where lupine increased the level of bifidobacteria in caecum and reduced theCampylobacterspp. excretion level after 1 week.

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“…has been reported to be a major cause of illness in children and young adults in developing countries [12,20,26]. In particular, it has been isolated from the stool of diarrheal patients and animals and from contaminated food and water [1,9,13,16,17]. The main reason for occurrence of this infection in humans is considered to be consumption of food of animal origin cross-contaminated food or drinking water, and unpasteurized milk [6,7,13,27].…”

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Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Slaughtered Cattle and Buffaloes in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

Boonmar

Chantha

Markvichitr

et al. 2007

The Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

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ABSTRACT. This is the first report regarding isolation of Campylobacter in caecum and bile samples obtained from ruminants in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Campylobacter was isolated from 3 (1.6%) of the 184 caecum samples and 1 (1.0%) of the 100 bile samples obtained from buffaloes. Three of the 4 isolates were determined to be C. jejuni, which was detected in 2 caecum samples and 1 bile sample; the other caecum sample contained C. fetus. Campylobacter was not isolated from any of the 82 cattle caecum samples. Our results suggest that cattle and buffaloes may not be important sources of Campylobacter food poisoning in Lao PDR.

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Occurrence and resistance to antibiotics of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in animals and meat in northeastern Italy

Cited by 191 publications

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Effects of feeding finisher pigs with chicory or lupine feed for one week or two weeks before slaughter with respect to levels of Bifidobacteria and Campylobacter

Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in Slaughtered Cattle and Buffaloes in Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic

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