Author/Editor		Berce, Ingrid; Sarjanović, Ljudmila; Smole-Možina, Sonja
Title		Naraščajoča odpornost proti antibiotikom pri mikroorganizmih v prehranski verigi
Type		članek
Source		In: Raspor P, editor. Mikrobiologija in biotehnologija v proizvodnji živil. Ljubljana: Biotehniška fakulteta,
Publication year		2004
Volume		str. 111-28
Language		slo
Abstract		An inevitable side effect of the use of antibiotics is the emergence and dissemination of resistant bacteria. Rising antibiotic resistance rates among bacterial pathogens has become a worldwide problem. Widespread use of certain antibiotics for human and animal treatment, for prophylaxis and growth promotion in animals has been shown to select resistant bacteria. Bacteria and genes, including resistance genes, can pass among human, animal and other ecosystems. Resistance can be selected in both pathogenic zoonotic bacteria like Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp., and E.coli 0157 and other exposed bacteria (enterococci), with resulting adverse consequences for the prevention and treatment of diseases in humans. Because of the global increasing of antimicrobial resistance and the potential public health consequences of the transmission of resistant bacteria through the food chain there is an urgent need for monitoring antimicrobial resistance at the local, regional and international level. To restore efficacy of earlier antibiotics and to maintain the success of new antibiotics which are introduced, veterinarians and physicians should avoid misuse, overuse and abuse of antibiotics to assure an ecological balance between susceptible and resistant pathogenic and commensal bacterial flora.
Descriptors		FOOD CONTAMINATION MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS ANTIBIOTICS DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL DRUG UTILIZATION ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ENTEROCOCCUS SALMONELLA CAMPYLOBACTER ESCHERICHIA COLI