Journal of Applied Microbiology, Vol.113, No.2, 284-293, 2012
Effect of temperature and antimicrobial resistance on survival of Campylobacter jejuni in well water: application of the Weibull model
Aims The aims of this study were to measure the survival of two Campylobacter jejuni strains and their in vitro-challenged antimicrobial-resistant variants in well water, to evaluate the effects of antimicrobial resistance on survival and to develop a mathematical model for predicting the survival of Camp.similar to jejuni in well water in the temperature range from 4 to 25 degrees C. Methods and Results The survival in log CFU similar to ml-1 of two Camp.similar to jejuni strains and their antimicrobial-resistant variants was studied in well water stored at 4, 10, 15, 20 and 25 degrees C. At 4 degrees C, the estimated 4-log similar to CFU similar to ml-1 decrease in ciprofloxacin-resistant variant ATCC33560CIP32 was 55.2 similar to days, significantly longer (P similar to