Table 2

Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae isolated from pigs in different European countries.

Antimicrobial agent
Year
Country and prevalence of resistance





DK
E
F
NL
PL

Ampicillin
2002
0.0
4.0
1.3
-
2.0

2003
0.2
7.0
0.5
8.0
-

2004
0.0
2.0
0.8
-
-


Amoxicillin – Clavulanic acid
2002
-
-
0.0
-
0.0

2003
-
-
0.0
0.0
-

2004
-
-
0.0
-
-


Ciprofloxacin
2002
0.0
4.0
0.0
-
1.0

2003
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
-

2004
1.5
0.0
0.0
-
-


Florfenicol
2002
-
-
0.0
-
-

2003
0.0
-
0.0
-
-

2004
0.0
-
0.0
-
-


Tetracycline
2002
16.0
22.0
11.0
-
4.0

2003
3.7
37.0
10.6
5.0
-

2004
5.7
28.0
4.7
-
-


Trimethoprim – Sulphonamide
2002
0.0
13.0
8.3
-
8.0

2003
0.0
46.0
8.0
1.0
-

2004
1.6
28.0
4.6
-
-

-: No data available. DK – Denmark, E – England including Wales; F – France; NL – The Netherlands; PL – Poland.

Hendriksen et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:19   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-19