Research on drug resistance reported by scientists at School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology

Fresh data on drug resistance are presented in the report 'Quinolone resistance in the food chain.' According to a study from Barcelona, Spain, "Antimicrobials are used in pet animals and in animal husbandry for prophylactic and therapeutic reasons and also as growth promoters, causing selective pressure on bacteria of animal origin. The impact of quinolones or quinolone-resistant bacteria on the management of human infections may be associated with three different scenarios. (i) Quinolone-resistant zoonotic bacterial pathogens are selected and food is contaminated during slaughter and/or preparation. (ii) Quinolone-resistant bacteria non-pathogenic to humans are selected in the...

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