ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PATTERNS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM FARM FAMILIES CONSUMING HOME-RAISED MEAT

Dorn, C. R. (Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, Connaway Hall, Connaway Hall Annex, Columbia, MO 65201), R. K. Tsutakawa, D. Fein, G. C. Burton, and D. C. Blenden. Antibiotic resistance patterns of Esetterichia coli isolated from farm families consuming home-raised meat.Am...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1975-10, Vol.102 (4), p.319-326
Main Authors: DORN, C. RICHARD, TSUTAKAWA, ROBERT K., FEIN, DIANA, BURTON, GLENNA C., BLENDEN, DONALD C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed - analysis
Animal Husbandry
Animals
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents - adverse effects
Antibiotics
Cats
Cattle
Crossing Over, Genetic
Dogs
Drug Resistance, Microbial
epidemiology
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli - drug effects
Feeding Behavior
Female
Food Microbiology
Humans
Infant
Male
Meat
Missouri
R Factors
Rural Health
Swine
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Summary:Dorn, C. R. (Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology, Univ. of Missouri-Columbia, Connaway Hall, Connaway Hall Annex, Columbia, MO 65201), R. K. Tsutakawa, D. Fein, G. C. Burton, and D. C. Blenden. Antibiotic resistance patterns of Esetterichia coli isolated from farm families consuming home-raised meat.Am J Epidemiol102:319–326, 1975. Antimicrobial resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolated from 14 Missouri farm families and their animals were examined for relationships with two typesof exposure: consumption of home-raised meat and animal contact. There was no associationbetween frequency of animal contact and similarity of antibiotic resistance patterns between humans and their cattle or their swine. When consumption of home-raised beef and home-raised pork were each analyzed separately, the observed number of bovine-human matches was significantly greater (p < 0.05) than expected if no association existed, and the number of swine-human matches was of borderline significance (p = 0.073). No association was present on farms where they raised cattleor swine but did not consume home-raised meat. Therefore human exposure to animal E. coli via home-raised meat was more plausible than animal contact as an explanation for interspecies crossover of transferable drug resistance on these farms.
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112167