Journal article
Increasing transmission of antibiotic resistance from animals to humans
In
Ugeskrift for Laeger
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2011, Volume 173, Issue 36, pp. 2180-2183
Abstract
The importance of the animal reservoir for emergence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in humans is difficult to estimate. In this article we give our estimate of the importance and also highlight on which points we have become wiser during recent years. We conclude that it still is the human usage of antibiotics which contributes most to resistance observed in humans, but also that the contribution from animals is large and larger than estimated just a few years ago.
This indicates the need to implement restriction on antimicrobial usage for both humans and animals.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 2180-2183 |
| ISSN: | 16036824 , 13994174 and 00415782 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| ORCIDs: | Aarestrup, Frank Møller |
