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What to do about resistant bacteria in the food-chain?

Antoine Andremont, Fiona Fleck

    Bulletin of the World Health Organization
    |August 1, 2015
    PubMed
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    Antibiotic overuse in farming contaminates food with resistant bacteria, leading to hard-to-treat human infections. This compromises antibiotic effectiveness for critical medical treatments.

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