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Microbial Resistance to Antimicrobials

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Microbial Control and Food Preservation

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Abstract

Recently, there has been a growing concern across the globe that humans are approaching the end of the antibiotic era. However, this is not a new idea; concern about antibiotic resistance has been around for many years. As more and more microorganisms become resistant to antibiotics, there are fewer and fewer options to treat infections. To develop control measures for microbial antibiotic resistance, the scientific community must have information about the extent of the problem, the mechanism of antibiotic resistance, and how resistance spreads. A potential contributor to the problem is development of antibiotic resistance through exposure to food-related antimicrobials and sanitizers. A focus of the chapter is a discussion of the research on the role of application of antimicrobial food preservatives and environmental sanitizers in the food industry on development of resistance to medically-important antibiotics.

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Pendleton, S., Davidson, P.M. (2017). Microbial Resistance to Antimicrobials. In: Juneja, V., Dwivedi, H., Sofos, J. (eds) Microbial Control and Food Preservation. Food Microbiology and Food Safety(). Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7556-3_9

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