Pathogen Resistance To Antibiotics In Animals Could Lead To Resistant Human Pathogens

ScienceDaily (Feb. 22, 2008) — It’s bad enough when pathogenic bacteria work their way into the animal food supply. Here’s a related problem that has recently attracted scientists’ attention: some of the pathogens may become resistant to the antimicrobials that are used to fight animal disease, and that might lead to more human resistance to the benefits of antibiotics.

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