Recovery of Cephalosporin Resistant Escherichia coli and Salmonella from Pork, Beef and Chicken Marketed in Nova Scotia

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial use in farm animals is a potentially important contributor to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Resistant Salmonella may lead to serious human infections and resistant Escherichia coli may transfer plasmid-encoded resistance genes to other pathogens.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kevin R Forward, Katherine M Matheson, Margot Hiltz, Heather Musgrave, Cornelius Poppe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2004/695305