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Table 2 MIC data on six antimicrobial agents for 192 A. butzleri and 16 A. cryaerophilus isolates

From: Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence gene profiles of Arcobacter species isolated from human stool samples, foods of animal origin, ready-to-eat salad mixes and environmental water

ATMa

Species

Source

No. of isolates with MIC (µg/ml) of:

0.03

0.06

0.13

0.25

0.5

1

2

4

8

16

32

>32

64

128

256

>256

AM

A. butzleri

Chicken meat

    

2

8

8

11

11

27

26

 

15

6

  

A. cryaerophilus

       

2

3

       

A. butzleri

Environmental water

     

1

1

1

 

4

5

 

8

7

1

2

A. cryaerophilus

      

1

2

2

1

      

A. butzleri

RTE salad mixes

            

2

   

A. cryaerophilus

      

1

 

2

1

1

     

A. butzleri

Raw cow milk

      

1

1

 

11

6

 

7

   

Human stool

      

1

2

4

9

2

 

1

1

  

AZ

A. butzleri

Chicken meat

  

1

4

1

6

18

5

11

30

26

 

2

 

6

4

A. cryaerophilus

    

1

2

1

1

        

A. butzleri

Environmental water

     

1

1

 

4

11

10

 

3

   

A. cryaerophilus

   

1

1

2

1

 

1

       

A. butzleri

RTE salad mixes

          

2

     

A. cryaerophilus

   

2

2

    

1

      

A. butzleri

Raw cow milk

     

3

12

1

1

2

6

 

1

   

Human stool

     

1

8

0

1

6

3

  

1

  

GM

A. butzleri

Chicken meat

    

6

67

41

         

A. cryaerophilus

   

1

1

1

2

         

A. butzleri

Environmental water

    

2

22

6

         

A. cryaerophilus

   

1

1

1

2

1

        

A. butzleri

RTE salad mixes

     

2

          

A. cryaerophilus

  

1

   

4

         

A. butzleri

Raw cow milk

     

13

11

2

        

Human stool

    

3

12

5

         

TC

A. butzleri

Chicken meat

   

1

4

31

56

22

        

A. cryaerophilus

   

2

  

3

         

A. butzleri

Environmental water

    

2

 

14

13

1

       

A. cryaerophilus

   

1

3

 

2

         

A. butzleri

RTE salad mixes

       

2

        

A. cryaerophilus

  

1

  

3

1

         

A. butzleri

Raw cow milk

     

7

17

2

        

Human stool

     

7

9

4

        

EM

A. butzleri

Chicken meat

  

1

1

1

2

14

43

30

12

3

 

2

4

 

1

A. cryaerophilus

    

1

1

1

2

        

A. butzleri

Environmental water

      

4

6

11

8

  

1

   

A. cryaerophilus

    

1

1

2

2

        

A. butzleri

RTE salad mixes

        

1

1

      

A. cryaerophilus

     

2

2

  

1

      

A. butzleri

Raw cow milk

     

1

6

10

3

6

      

Human stool

      

4

11

2

3

      

CI

A. butzleri

Chicken meat

1

8

49

35

3

2

  

4

3

 

9

    

A. cryaerophilus

2

  

3

            

A. butzleri

Environmental water

 

4

11

14

 

1

          

A. cryaerophilus

  

1

4

       

1

    

A. butzleri

RTE salad mixes

   

2

            

A. cryaerophilus

1

 

3

1

            

A. butzleri

Raw cow milk

1

10

7

7

       

1

    

Human stool

1

6

7

6

            
  1. a ATM = antimicrobials: AM = ampicillin, AZ = azithromycin, GM = gentamicin, TC = tetracycline, EM = erythromycin, CI = ciprofloxacin