PREVALENCE OF BACTERIAL RESISTANCE TO QUINOLONES AND OTHER ANTIMICROBIALS AMONG ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM RETAIL TURKEY MEAT IN AIN EL BAIDA-ALGERIA

L MERADI; H SAADI

PREVALENCE OF BACTERIAL RESISTANCE TO QUINOLONES AND OTHER ANTIMICROBIALS AMONG ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM RETAIL TURKEY MEAT IN AIN EL BAIDA-ALGERIA

L MERADI Laboratory of Microbiology, university Laarbi Ben Mhidi-Oum El Bouaghi, Algéria
H SAADI Saleh Zerdani hospital,Ain El Beida ,Oum El Bouaghi , Algéria

Keywords: Quinolone, Resistance, Escherichia coli, Antibiotics, turkey

Abstract

Antimicrobial therapy is an important tool in reducing the enormous losses in the poultry industry caused by Escherichia coli infections. However, resistance to existing antimicrobials is widespread and of concern to poultry veterinariens. Antimicrobial resistance testing of 18 E. coli strains from Retail turkey meat in ain el baida Algeria showed very high levels of resistance to (fluoro) quinolones (66 to 100 %), as these antimicrobial agents may cause cross-resistance with human enteric pathogens, prudent use of them in veterinary medecine is highly recommended.

PREVALENCE OF BACTERIAL RESISTANCE TO QUINOLONES AND OTHER ANTIMICROBIALS AMONG ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS ISOLATED FROM RETAIL TURKEY MEAT IN AIN EL BAIDA-ALGERIA

Published

2021-02-18

Issue

Vol 8 No 2 (2018): volume 8 numero 2 Déc 2018

Section

Articles