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Volume 32, Number 10—October 2026

Research

Multisectoral Emergence of Multidrug-Resistant Campylobacter coli Sequence Type 10042 Lineage, Europe, 2018–2025

Mónica Azevedo1, Alexandra Nunes1, Maria-Leonor Lemos, Paulo Martins Costa, Ana Amaro, Lurdes Clemente, Célia Leão, Sónia Ramos, Isabel Santos, Katrine Grimstrup Joensen, Catherine Ragimbeau, Lena de Baets, Joël Mossong, Sangeeta Banerji, Antje Flieger, Diana Espadinha, William Byrne, Oda van den Berg, Andries Augustus Kampfraath, Quentin Jehanne, Philippe Lehours, João Paulo Gomes, and Mónica OleastroComments to Author 
Author affiliation: National Institute of Health Doutor Ricardo Jorge (INSA), Lisbon, Portugal (M. Azevedo, A. Nunes, M.-L. Lemos, J.P. Gomes); Research in Veterinary Medicine (I-MVET)/Animal and Veterinary Research Center (CECAV), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Lusófona University—Lisbon University Centre, Lisbon (A. Nunes, S. Ramos, I. Santos, J.P. Gomes); ICBAS-Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal (M.-L. Lemos, P.M. Costa); Laboratory of Bacteriology and Mycology, National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, Oeiras, Portugal (A. Amaro, L. Clemente, C. Leão); Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (K.G. Joensen); Laboratoire National de Santé, Dudelange, Luxembourg (C. Ragimbeau); Laboratoire Vétérinaire et Alimentaire, Division of the Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration, Dudelange (L. de Baets); Ministère de la Santé et de la Sécurité Sociale, Direction de la Santé, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (J. Mossong); Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode, Germany (S. Banerji, A. Flieger); Public Health Laboratory Dublin, Health Service Executive, Dublin, Ireland (D. Espadinha); Backweston Complex, Celbridge, Ireland (W. Byrne); National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands (O. van den Berg); European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, Stockholm, Sweden (O. van den Berg); Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Wageningen UR, Lelystad, the Netherlands (A.A. Kampfraath); French National Reference Centre for Campylobacters and Helicobacters, Bordeaux Hospital University Centre, Bordeaux, France (Q. Jehanne, P. Lehours); University of Bordeaux, INSERM, Bordeaux Institute of Oncology, Bordeaux (P. Lehours)

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Table 2

Distribution of isolates (N = 217) by year, country and source in study of multisectoral emergence of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli sequence type 10042 lineage, Europe, 2018–2025*

Year of isolation Country of isolation No. isolates by source
 Total no. isolates
Human Animal Food Environmental
2018
 Luxembourg
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
2019 Germany 1 0 0 0 1
Luxembourg 1 1 1 0 3
Ireland
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
2020 Portugal 1 0 0 1 2
Germany 9 0 0 0 9
Luxembourg 3 0 3 0 6
France 2 0 0 0 2
Denmark
 3
 0
 0
 0
 3
2021 Portugal 5 1 1 0 7
Germany 7 0 0 0 7
Luxembourg 3 0 0 1 (24) 4
France 1 0 0 0 1
Ireland 1 0 0 0 1
Denmark 2 0 0 0 2
The Netherlands
 0
 3
 0
 0
 3
2022 Portugal 25 4 0 1 30
Germany 2 0 0 0 2
Luxembourg 4 1 1 0 6
France 1 0 0 0 1
Ireland 8 1 0 0 9
The Netherlands 1 1 0 0 2
United Kingdom
 3
 –
 –
 –
 3
2023 Portugal 11 1 4 0 16
Germany 6 0 0 0 6
Luxembourg 2 0 0 0 2
France 1 0 0 0 1
Denmark 3 0 0 0 3
The Netherlands 2 0 0 0 2
United Kingdom 4 – – – 4
Spain
 1
 –
 –
 –
 1
2024 Portugal 14 0 6 0 20
Germany 3 0 0 0 3
Luxembourg 4 0 0 0 4
France 3 0 0 0 3
Ireland 1 1 0 0 2
The Netherlands
 4
 0
 0
 0
 4
2025 Portugal 29 0 0 0 29
Germany 2 0 0 0 2
Luxembourg 3 0 0 0 3
France 4 0 0 0 4
Denmark 1 0 0 0 1
The Netherlands
 1
 0
 0
 0
 1
Total
 184 14 16 3 217

*Dash indicates no available data because correspondent countries’ data were retrieved from PubMLST.

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1These authors contributed equally to this work and share first authorship.

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