MRSA, Antimicrobial resistance -- Worldwide/Unknown
An analysis of human isolates from 19 EU nations, plus Iceland and Norway, found that 57.7% of _Campylobacter jejuni_ -- the commonest _Campylobacter_ species identified -- were resistant to ciprofloxacin, and 45.4% were resistant to tetracyclines. Resistance to erythromycin was low (2%).
In Cyprus, Portugal, Spain, Lithuania, and Estonia, resistance to ciprofloxacin was from 80% to 96.5%. In addition, 8 of 17 countries saw a statistically significant increase in ciprofloxacin resistance
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6342166&promed&0
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