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A colony of pig microbes getting resistant somewhere in China to an antibiotic rarely used to treat people, might not be that big of a threat if spreading of th
by yourkin 10y ago
A colony of pig microbes getting resistant somewhere in China to an antibiotic rarely used to treat people, might not be that big of a threat if spreading of the bacteria is contained. It even might be that most drug-resistant colonies just die out locally. How many human cases have been registered of Colistin resistant diseases?
- paulmd 10y agoThe fact that a drug of last resort is being widely used in livestock is actually quite concerning, because it still builds resistance to this antibiotic even if it's not being used on humans. It also raises huge questions about the ability to enforce shelving. At least two cases have been detected in the US, the first was earlier this year, the second as of yesterday. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160711150939.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160711150939.h... As mentioned in the article, the colistin resistance is being transmitted via plasmid, so it is capable of diffusing quite widely into different types of bacteria.