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T1 Food processing as a risk factor for antimicrobial resistance spread along the food chain
A1 Oniciuc, Elena-Alexandra
A1 Likotrafiti, Eleni
A1 Álvarez Molina, Adrián
A1 Prieto Maradona, Miguel
A1 López, Mercedes
A1 Álvarez Ordóñez, Avelino
A2 Microbiologia
K1 Tecnología de los alimentos
AB Farms and food industries rely to a large extent on the use ofbiocides as disinfectants and other antimicrobial agents andpreservatives with antimicrobial properties in order to providefood of high microbiological quality and safe for consumers.However, in the last decades it has become apparent that long-term sub-lethal exposure to these antimicrobial agents canexert a selective pressure leading to the emergence and spreadof microbial strains with a reduced susceptibility to the usedantimicrobials, which can persistently colonize food-processing environments and recurrently contaminate food. Inaddition, it may induce resistance to unrelated and clinicallyrelevant antibiotics, in a phenomenon known as cross-resistance. This review aims to provide insights on howantimicrobial resistance emergence and spread can beaffected by certain food processing activities and to discussrecent research focused on different pathways through whichbiocides and other antimicrobials could co-select for bacteriaresistant to clinically relevant antibiotics.
PB Elsevier
SN 2214-7993
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/13485
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/13485
NO Documento post-print
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 08-may-2024