Antibiotic susceptibility profile of Campylobacter spp from poultry meat, Khartoum State, Sudan

Abstract

Campylobacteriosis is found among the four important worldwide food borne pathogens. In intensive poultry rearing systems in Sudan the use of oral antibiotics is essential to preserve health. The aim of this study was to determine the antimicrobial susceptibility profile of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. isolated from broiler in Khartoum. Sensitivity of fourteen isolates against seven antibiotics namely Neomycin, Nitrofurantoin, Nalidixic acid, Gentamycin, Streptomycin, Tetracycline and Erythromycin were studied by disk diffusion. The result showed that Nitrofurantoin was found as highly sensitive (64.3%). It was also observed that Erythromycin, Gentamycin, Streptomycin and Neomycin verified the following resistant against isolates recovered 92.9%, 71.4%, 71.4%, 64.3% respectively. It was concluded that poultry meat in Khartoum could complicate the antimicrobial therapy in human as multidrug resistant of campylobacter was detected