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National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System
(NARMS) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Antibiotic
Resistance - Which antibiotics used in food-producing
animals are related to antibiotics used in humans? |
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> FAQ
Antibiotic Resistance
> Which
antibiotics used in food-producing animals are related to
antibiotics used in humans?
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| The majority of antibiotics used in food animals belong
to classes of antibiotics which are also used to treat
human illness; these include tetracyclines, sulfonamides,
penicillins, macrolides, fluoroquinolones, cephalosporins,
aminoglycosides, chloramphenicols, and streptogramins.
Because these classes of antibiotics are similar, then
bacteria resistant to antibiotics used in animals will
also be resistant to antibiotics used in humans. |
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Date:
June 1, 2005
Content source: National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ZVED)
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