Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health has conducted trend surveillance concerning the proportion of antimicrobial-resistant Campylobacter spp. Among the 132 outbreaks of food-borne illness that occurred in Tokyo in 2017, 45 outbreaks (34.1%) were caused by Campylobacter spp., being the largest cause of bacterial food-borne illness.[4] Among the Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) isolated from patients with diarrhea in 2016, the proportion of fluoroquinolone-resistant strains was 52.2%, higher than 2015.
† NFLX, OFLX, and CPFX were included.
Prepared from [4] with partial modification.
"Source: Nippon AMR One Health Report (NAOR) 2018"