Increased Risk Of Antibiotic-Resistant E. coli In Poultry Workers

Poultry workers in the United States are 32 times more likely to carry E. coli bacteria resistant to the commonly used antibiotic, gentamicin, than others outside the poultry industry, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. While drug-resistant bacteria, such as E. coli, are common in the industrial broiler chicken environment, this is the first U.S. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on December 29th, 2007