Antibiotic Resistance
Poultry consumption and handling are risk factors for antibiotic resistance in humans
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 5th, 2006
Edward Belongia, MD, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, Marshfield, Wis., and his colleagues examined poultry exposure as a risk factor for antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus faecium, a gut bacterium that is increasingly the cause of infections in hospitals. The investigation team focused on use of a growth-promoting antibiotic, called virginiamycin, in poultry.
Results of the nearly $1.4 million three-year study, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,...
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