Table 3

Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among Streptococcus suis isolated from pigs in different European countries.

Antimicrobial agent
Year
Country and prevalence of resistance





DK
E
F
NL
PL
P

Erythromycin
2002
-
-
64.6
-
-
-

2003
29.1
36.0
52.9
35.0
-
-

2004
-
50.0
58.1
-
30.6
75.0


Gentamicin
2002
-
-
0.0
-
28.0
-

2003
-
-
0.0
-
0.0
-

2004
-
-
0.0
-
53.2
100.0


Penicillin
2002
-
-
0.0
-
10.6
-

2003
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.9
-

2004
-
0.0
0.0
-
8.1
13.0


Tetracycline
2002
-
-
57.8a
-
73.3
-

2003
52.2
68.0
56.7a
48.0
55.0
-

2004
-
68.0
62.5a
-
64.0
92.0


Trimethoprim – Sulphonamide
2002
-
-
22.4
-
30.0
-

2003
51.5
3.0
15.5
8.0
16.6
-

2004
-
8.0
13.3
-
14.4
-

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

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