Showing posts with label antibiotics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label antibiotics. Show all posts

Tuesday, 4 October 2016

Livestock-associated MRSA found in UK pork



this news is rather alarming...
High farm antibiotic use is associated with the spread of livestock-associated MRSA. A 2015 Dutch study found that pig farms with higher levels of antibiotic use have higher levels of MRSA on the pigs and on the humans on the farm. The association they found is particularly strong for the cephalosporin antibiotics

more on MRSA:
MRSA infection - Treatment

MRSA: Causes, Symptoms, Prevention and Treatments