AMES, Iowa ¯ Scientists at Iowa State University are examining how Campylobacter develops resistance to antibiotics and is transferred to humans via the food chain causing food-borne illness, thanks to funding from USDA’s Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.
Campylobacter is one of the most common food-borne pathogens and it sickens more than two-million people in the United States every year.
A species associated mainly with poultry, Campylobacter jejuni has developed resistance to fluroquinolone antibiotics, such as Cipro, after antibiotic treatment of animals. Although the poultry industry banned these antibiotics in 2005, the presence of antibiotic-resistant strains of C. jejuni remained high.
Source: MeatPoultry.com
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