A study reveals that 40% of meat contains bacteria resistant to antibiotics

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2023-04-18 12:01:30

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In the samples, the presence of two bacteria, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, was detected. In the study, chicken, turkey, beef and pork were analyzed and it was found that there was more contamination in the first two

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A study by the University of Santiago de Compostela has found the presence of two bacteria that can cause serious infections in humans in 40% of meat samples tested. These are strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Klebsiella pneumoniae.

As explained Azucena Morascientific director of the Biomedicine and Veterinary Center of the University of Santiago de Compostela and one of those responsible for the study, these bacteria can cause sepsis or urinary tract infectionsbut the main danger lies in the low resistance of meat to antibiotics.

Most of the products had levels of ‘E. coli within safe limits. The problem is resistance to antibiotics and not the meat itself”, he recounted in ‘El Correo’.

In addition, Mora explained that what increases the danger of these pathogens is that “they have developed enzymes that confer resistance to most antibiotics, such as penicillins, cephalosporins, and monobactic aztreonam“.

The study, which has just been presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, began in 2020 and random samples were taken from one hundred retail meat products in supermarkets in Oviedo. But as Azucena Mora explains to the Heraldthe sampling was carried out in “supermarket chains present throughout the national territory”.

The study analyzed chicken, turkey, beef and pork meat and it was found that there was more contamination in the first two. The authors of the study attribute this greater concentration to “differences in production and slaughter”, according to ‘El Heraldo’

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