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Endtz, et. al

Tested 883 strains of Campylobacter bacteria isolated between 1982 and 1989 from human stool and poultry products for quinolone resistance. Campylobacter isolated from poultry increased in resistance from zero to 14 percent in that time, while resistance in human isolates rose from zero to 11 percent. Results suggest that the increase is mainly due to use of the fluoroquinolone, enrofloxacin, in poultry.