Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global health issue, aggravated by antibiotic overuse and misuse in human medicine, animal care, and agriculture. This study looks at the different mechanisms that drive AMR, such as environmental contamination, horizontal gene transfer, and selective pres...
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| author | Ifedinezi, Onyinye Victoria Nnaji, Nnabueze Darlington Anumudu, Christian Kosisochukwu Ekwueme, Chiemerie Theresa Uhegwu, Chijioke Christopher Ihenetu, Francis Chukwuebuka Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma Simon, Blessing Oteta Ezechukwu, Precious Somtochukwu Onyeaka, Helen |
| author_facet | Ifedinezi, Onyinye Victoria Nnaji, Nnabueze Darlington Anumudu, Christian Kosisochukwu Ekwueme, Chiemerie Theresa Uhegwu, Chijioke Christopher Ihenetu, Francis Chukwuebuka Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma Simon, Blessing Oteta Ezechukwu, Precious Somtochukwu Onyeaka, Helen |
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| description | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global health issue, aggravated by antibiotic overuse and misuse in human medicine, animal care, and agriculture. This study looks at the different mechanisms that drive AMR, such as environmental contamination, horizontal gene transfer, and selective pressure, as well as the severe implications of AMR for human and animal health. This study demonstrates the need for concerted efforts across the scientific, healthcare, agricultural, and policy sectors to control the emergence of AMR. Some crucial strategies discussed include developing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs, encouraging targeted narrow-spectrum antibiotic use, and emphasizing the significance of strict regulatory frameworks and surveillance systems, like the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) and the Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification. This study also emphasizes the need for national and international action plans in combating AMR and promotes the One Health strategy, which unifies environmental, animal, and human health. This study concludes that preventing the spread of AMR and maintaining the effectiveness of antibiotics for future generations requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and internationally coordinated strategy. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.londonmet.ac.uk:98672024-11-25T16:15:15Z https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9867/ Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health Ifedinezi, Onyinye Victoria Nnaji, Nnabueze Darlington Anumudu, Christian Kosisochukwu Ekwueme, Chiemerie Theresa Uhegwu, Chijioke Christopher Ihenetu, Francis Chukwuebuka Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma Simon, Blessing Oteta Ezechukwu, Precious Somtochukwu Onyeaka, Helen 360 Social problems & services; associations 610 Medicine & health 660 Chemical engineering Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious global health issue, aggravated by antibiotic overuse and misuse in human medicine, animal care, and agriculture. This study looks at the different mechanisms that drive AMR, such as environmental contamination, horizontal gene transfer, and selective pressure, as well as the severe implications of AMR for human and animal health. This study demonstrates the need for concerted efforts across the scientific, healthcare, agricultural, and policy sectors to control the emergence of AMR. Some crucial strategies discussed include developing antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs, encouraging targeted narrow-spectrum antibiotic use, and emphasizing the significance of strict regulatory frameworks and surveillance systems, like the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) and the Access, Watch, and Reserve (AWaRe) classification. This study also emphasizes the need for national and international action plans in combating AMR and promotes the One Health strategy, which unifies environmental, animal, and human health. This study concludes that preventing the spread of AMR and maintaining the effectiveness of antibiotics for future generations requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and internationally coordinated strategy. MDPI AG 2024-11-14 Article PeerReviewed text en cc_by_4 https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9867/1/antibiotics-13-01087.pdf Ifedinezi, Onyinye Victoria, Nnaji, Nnabueze Darlington, Anumudu, Christian Kosisochukwu, Ekwueme, Chiemerie Theresa, Uhegwu, Chijioke Christopher, Ihenetu, Francis Chukwuebuka, Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma, Simon, Blessing Oteta, Ezechukwu, Precious Somtochukwu and Onyeaka, Helen (2024) Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health. Antibiotics, 13(11) (1087). pp. 1-40. ISSN 2079-6382 https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics13111087 10.3390/antibiotics13111087 10.3390/antibiotics13111087 |
| spellingShingle | 360 Social problems & services; associations 610 Medicine & health 660 Chemical engineering Ifedinezi, Onyinye Victoria Nnaji, Nnabueze Darlington Anumudu, Christian Kosisochukwu Ekwueme, Chiemerie Theresa Uhegwu, Chijioke Christopher Ihenetu, Francis Chukwuebuka Obioha, Promiselynda Ijeoma Simon, Blessing Oteta Ezechukwu, Precious Somtochukwu Onyeaka, Helen Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health |
| title | Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health |
| title_full | Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health |
| title_fullStr | Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health |
| title_short | Environmental antimicrobial resistance: implications for food safety and public health |
| title_sort | environmental antimicrobial resistance implications for food safety and public health |
| topic | 360 Social problems & services; associations 610 Medicine & health 660 Chemical engineering |
| url | https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/9867/1/antibiotics-13-01087.pdf |
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