Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Poultry Workers | Zendy

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Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Poultry Workers

Author(s) -

Lance B. Price,

Jay P. Graham,

Leila G. Lackey,

Amira Roess,

Rocio Vailes,

Ellen K. Silbergeld

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10191

Subject(s) - antimicrobial , gentamicin , ampicillin , ciprofloxacin , antibiotic resistance , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , veterinary medicine , antibiotics , medicine , biochemistry , gene

Antimicrobial use in food-animal production is an issue of growing concern. The application of antimicrobials for therapy, prophylaxis, and growth promotion in broiler chicken production has been associated with the emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial-resistant enteric bacteria. Although human exposure to antimicrobial-resistant bacteria through food has been examined extensively, little attention has been paid to occupational and environmental pathways of exposure.

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