The proportion (%) of antimicrobial-resistant Campylobacter jejuni isolated from diarrhea cases[the proportion of antimicrobial resistance in humans]

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.