Reference | Jensen2006 (10007)

Data on Danish E. coli isolates from healthy pigs (indicator bacteria), diagnostic submissions from pigs (clinical isolates) and pork were obtained from the national surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and from routine diagnostic laboratories. Antimicrobial consumption data were obtained from the Danish Medicines Agency (1997–2000) and from the VetStat database (2001–2004). The genetic background for gentamicin resistance was investigated by PCR.

E. coli was isolated from samples from healthy pigs at slaughter (indicator isolates), diagnostic submissions from pigs (clinical iso-lates) and pork. Indicator samples of caecal content were collected at slaughter by companystaff or meat inspection staff at slaughter plants. All clinical isolates were derived from diagnostic submissions (nationwide coverage) to The Danish Institute of Food and Veterinary Research(DFVF) or the Danish Bacon and Meat Council (DBMC). The mate-rial was gut contents or faeces from cases of diarrhoea, predomi-nantly from weaning pigs.

AST Method: Broth Microdilution

Reference explicitly reports AST breakpoints: True

Reference reports using a MIC table: False