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Antibiotic‐resistant Shiga toxin‐producing Escherichia coli: An overview of prevalence and intervention strategies
29 Oct 2018
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are foodborne pathogens that can cause severe diseases, including bloody diarrhoea and kidney failure, in humans, while remaining harmless to its primary reservoir hosts, cattle. Antibiotics such as azithromycin, fosfomycin and meropenem are being used and recommended in the treatment of early-stage STEC (mainly E. coli O157:H7) infections, as these are reportedly...
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