Antimicrobial resistance risk assessment in food safety

Microbiological risk assessments generally focus on estimating adverse human health risks from exposures to human pathogenic microbes. The assessment of potential human health risks posed by pathogens that have acquired resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a new application of risk assessment that i...

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Published in:Journal of food protection 2004-09, Vol.67 (9), p.2063-2071
Main Authors: Claycamp, H.G, Hooberman, B.H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
antibiotic resistance
Biological and medical sciences
Codex Alimentarius
Consumer Product Safety
disease surveillance
Drug Resistance, Microbial
food contamination
Food industries
Food Microbiology
food pathogens
food safety
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects
Humans
Hygiene and safety
Infections - drug therapy
Infections - epidemiology
microbial contamination
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
public health
Risk Assessment
risk communication
risk management process
serotypes
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Summary:Microbiological risk assessments generally focus on estimating adverse human health risks from exposures to human pathogenic microbes. The assessment of potential human health risks posed by pathogens that have acquired resistance to antimicrobial drugs is a new application of risk assessment that is closely related to microbiological risk assessment. Antimicrobial resistance risk assessment is a risk analytical process that focuses on resistance determinants as hazardous agents that might lead to drug-resistant microbial infections in humans exposed to bacteria carrying the determinants. Antimicrobial-resistant infections could occur directly from actively invading or opportunistic pathogens or indirectly from the transfer of resistance genes to other bacteria. Here, we discuss risk assessment models that might be employed to estimate risks from drug-resistant bacteria in the animal food pathway and the types of models and data that may be used for microbiological risk assessments or antimicrobial resistance risk assessments.
ISSN:0362-028X
1944-9097
DOI:10.4315/0362-028X-67.9.2063