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Researchers track antimicrobial resistance in E. coli isolated from swine

May 12, 2023

The spread of drug-resistant microbes has become a global health concern that threatens our ability to treat infections. The widespread use of antimicrobials in livestock, such as swine farms, exacerbates this problem. Therefore, we need surveillance systems to monitor these microbes to support the public health authorities. To this end, researchers have tracked the antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from swine.


May 12, 2023


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Modeling antimicrobial use and resistance in Canadian turkey flocks

September 13, 2022

Antimicrobial resistance in gut bacteria is constantly being detected on poultry farms and in poultry retail products worldwide, including in turkey flocks. Concerningly, surveillance information and studies on the associations between antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use in turkeys have been scarce during the last decade. In a new study, researchers across North America have modeled how antimicrobial use impacts the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from Canadian turkey flocks.


September 13, 2022


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Illinois researchers build genomic platform to further understand E. coli

August 25, 2015

In August 2015, three children in three separate northern Indiana counties were sickened by Escherichia coli O157:H7, and one of them died.

Bacterial outbreaks like these send public health officials into overdrive as they search for the source of the contamination. Was it undercooked meat, unwashed produce, juice that wasn’t fully pasteurized? Did the children have contact with each other?


August 25, 2015


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