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Year :	1998
Tome :	149
Volume :	8-9
Pages :	819-822
Title :	Antibiotic resistant bacteria in human food
Authors :	D.E. CORPET
Summary :	Almost everybody has antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in stools. Why? 1 ARB might be normal inhabitants of human gut. However, most resistances impose a fitness cost to their bacterial host, which leads to their elimination. 2 ARB may be selected occasionally by antibiotic residues present in meat or milk, by natural antimicrobials, or by mercury released from dental fillings.3 ARB can be provided to the gut, by contaminated foods and environment, including people and animals. We showed that fecal ARB are eliminated from the gut of volunteers given a sterile diet. Food is thus a major source of ARB. In addition, the animal to person transmission of ARB was also proven in farmers. Foods of animal origin carry ARB, notably food borne pathogens. Usually, meat is cooked before intake, which largely reduces the number of ingested bacteria. Foods of vegetal origin are often consumed raw, and often contain high numbers of ARB. Fermented foods, probiotics, and genetically… (abstract truncated)
Keywords :	antibiotic - resistance - food - contaminatlon - vegetarians.
Correspondence :	D.E. CORPET
Adress :	Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire, Unité Associée INRA Sécurité & Hygiène des Aliments, 23 Chemin des Capelles, F-31076 Toulouse Cedex