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Table 3 Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among Streptococcus suis isolated from pigs in different European countries.

From: Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance among bacterial pathogens and indicator bacteria in pigs in different European countries from year 2002 – 2004: the ARBAO-II study

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

-

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