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Antimicrobial resistance in Europe continues to increase

By Joe Whitworth on February 27, 2019

Antimicrobials used to treat diseases such as campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis are becoming less effective, according to a new research report.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)…
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Superbug reportedly found in UK supermarket pork products

By News Desk on October 5, 2016

A British newspaper has reported that tests on pork products sold at two major UK supermarket chains found three samples contaminated with a livestock strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. According to The Guardian …
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Consumer Reports: Tests Find 60 Percent of Frozen Shrimp Contaminated With Bacteria

By Cathy Siegner on April 24, 2015

A new Consumer Reports (CR) study released Friday found that 60 percent of 342 samples of frozen shrimp it tested contained Salmonella, Vibrio, Listeria, or E. coli, and 2 percent tested…
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UK Research Shows MRSA Transfers From Livestock to Humans

By News Desk on November 4, 2014

New research from the U.K. supports the theory that antibiotic-resistant bacteria in livestock can be transmitted to humans. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh studied the evolutionary history of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) clonal complex…
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Documentary Explores Use of Antibiotics in Food Animals

By Lydia Zuraw on October 15, 2014

On Tuesday night, PBS aired FRONTLINE’s two-part documentary exploring the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance. The first half of “The Trouble with Antibiotics” focused on the science and politics behind the widespread use of antibiotics…
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MRSA Found in UK Poultry, But Threat to Humans Considered Very Low

By News Desk on November 27, 2013

The U.K. Department of Health (DH) has identified the presence of livestock-associated MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in turkeys and chickens on a farm in East Anglia. The BBC reports that it’s the first case of…
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New Study Ties Higher Rate of MRSA Infections to Living Near Swine Operations

By James Andrews on September 18, 2013

Pennsylvania residents living near pig farms or fields fertilized with pig manure were up to 38 percent more likely to acquire infections of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, commonly known as MRSA, according to a new study…
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FDA Clears Faster Blood Test for the Market

By News Desk on June 28, 2012

Listeria, MRSA, Streptococcus, and Enterococcus can all be identified much quicker by  the Verigene GP Blood  Culture Nuclear Acid Test (BC-GP), which got marketing approval from the U.S, Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Verigene…
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Drug-Resistant Staph Linked to Animal Antibiotics

By Gretchen Goetz on February 21, 2012

A study published today in MiBio lends further weight to the growing theory that using animal antibiotics in livestock contributes to drug resistance among human bacteria.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, is a strain of

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Study Finds MRSA in 6 Percent of Retail Pork Samples

By Helena Bottemiller on February 1, 2012

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may be more prevalent in retail pork products than previously thought, according to a study published in the Public Library of Science’s PLoS ONE in January.

More than six percent of

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