Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-ResistantEscherichia coliamong U.S. Poultry Workers
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Elevated Risk of Carrying Gentamicin-Resistant Escherichia coli among U.S. Poultry Workers
BACKGROUND 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 extens...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10191