Campylobacter
Food poisoning (campylobacteriosis)
- 310,000 drug-resistant/1,300,000 infections per year (24%)
- Steady increase in percentage of drug-resistant infections in past 20 years
- Frequent sources of infection: Undercooked poultry, unpasteurized milk
- Estimated 820,000 infections per year
- 38% of N. gonorrhaea strains completely or partially antibiotic-resistant
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Combination of two drugs required for effective treatment
- Strains resistant to these drugs have been identified
- 100,000 drug-resistant/1,200,000 infections per year (8%)
- 5% of Salmonella strains resistant to multiple types of antibiotics
- Recent outbreaks from food: Chicken, alfalfa and bean sprouts, papayas, cucumbers, eggs
- Other sources: Pet turtles, live poultry
- 27,000 drug-resistant/500,000 infections per year (5%)
- Up to 80% of strains resistant to "first-line" antibiotics
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Infection spread by fecal contamination of water, food, or surfaces
- Strains resistant to these drugs have been identified
- 1,200,000 drug-resistant/4,000,000 infections per year (30%)
- High resistance to commonly-used antibiotics such as amoxicillin and azithromycin ("Z-packs")
- Improved vaccine against S. pneumoniae is reducing the spread of drug-resistant strains