Multidrug resistance in Escherichia coli carrying integrons isolated from a pig farm with moderate antibiotic use

DE LA TORRE, E.; COLELLO, R.; FERNANDEZ, D.; ETCHEVERRÍA, A.I.; DI CONZA, J.; GUTKIND, G.; TAPIA, M.O.; DIEGUEZ, S.N.; SORACI, A.; PADOLA, N.L.

JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

MICROBIOL RES FOUNDATION

Lugar: Tokyo; Año: 2015 p. 270 - 273

0022-1260

The emergence and dissemination of antimicrobial resistancein bacteria derived from food-producing animalsis a consequence of intensive agricultural and veterinaryuse of antimicrobial compounds. The inappropriate useand prescribing of antibiotics, along with their use asgrowth promoters, is the main cause of the developmentof resistance. The potential risk of the transfer of this resistancethrough the food chain by bacteria such as Escherichiacoli (E. coli), including food borne pathogenssuch as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, implies a problemfor public health