Prevalence and susceptibility to antibiotics from Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from chicken meat in southern Benin, West Africa

• Published in: BMC research notes Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 305
• Main Authors: Kouglenou, Sylvain Daton, Agbankpe, Alidehou Jerrold, Dougnon, Victorien, Djeuda, Armando Djiyou, Deguenon, Esther, Hidjo, Marie, Baba-Moussa, Lamine, Bankole, Honore
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 26.06.2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Ampicillin; Ampicillin Resistance; Animals; Antibiotics; Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; Benin - epidemiology; Campylobacter; Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter coli - drug effects; Campylobacter coli - isolation & purification; Campylobacter Infections - epidemiology; Campylobacter Infections - microbiology; Campylobacter jejuni; Campylobacter jejuni - drug effects; Campylobacter jejuni - isolation & purification; Campylobacteriosis; Chicken (Meat); Chicken thighs; Chickens - microbiology; Ciprofloxacin; Contamination; Distribution; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; Food contamination & poisoning; Humans; Identification; Infections; Meat; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Multidrug resistance; Pathogens; Poultry; Prevention; Research Note; Risk; Risk factors; Southern Benin; Testing; Tetracycline Resistance; Thigh; Benin; Antimicrobial resistance; Southern Benin; Chicken thighs; Campylobacter coli; Campylobacter jejuni
• ISSN: 1756-0500; 1756-0500
• DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-05150-x

Poultry is commonly considered to be the primary vehicle for Campylobacter infection in humans. The aim of this study is to assess the risk of Campylobacteriosis in chicken meat consumers in southern Benin by assessing the prevalence and resistance profile of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni isolated from chicken thigh in Southern Benin. The contamination rate of Campylobacter in the samples was 32.8%. From this percentage, 59.5% were local chicken thighs and 40.5% of imported chicken thighs (p = 0.045). After molecular identification, on the 256 samples analyzed, the prevalence of C. jejuni was 23.4% and 7.8% for C. coli, with a concordance of 0.693 (Kappa coefficient of concordance) with the results from phenotypic identification. Seventy-two-point seven percent of Campylobacter strains were resistant to Ciprofloxacin, 71.4% were resistant to Ampicillin and Tetracycline. 55.8% of the strains were multi-drug resistant.