Dodging a bullet: Could salmonella become antibiotic resistant?
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, February 4, 2009
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The recent salmonella outbreak linked to peanut products, has sickened more than 500 people and contributed to eight deaths, but some feel the scare could have been much worse.
While infection control experts worry that a future outbreak of salmonella could become antibiotic-resistant, the current strain does not appear to be resistant to frontline antibiotics, according to MSNBC.com. However, nearly a quarter of certain Salmonella Typhimurium bacteria are resistant to at least five of the most widely used antibiotics, according to the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS).
If the current strain were as resistant as some others, this year’s outbreak could have been much wider spread and more severe, particularly for babies and the elderly, according to the article. Currently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has undertaken a criminal investigation of Peanut Corp. of America (PCA), the company that manufactured the tainted peanut butter.
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