Foodborne Pathogen Finds Resistance to Antibiotic
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - 23:28
in Health & Medicine
Food Safety Consortium research at the University of Arkansas shows that Campylobacter jejuni in poultry was becoming resistant to ciprofloxacin, a synthetic antibiotic used by humans to fight bacterial infections.
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