Article ; Online: Persister-mediated emergence of antimicrobial resistance in agriculture due to antibiotic growth promoters.
AIMS microbiology
2023 Volume 9, Issue 4, Page(s) 738–756
Abstract: The creation and continued development of antibiotics have revolutionized human health and disease for the past century. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance represents a major threat to human health, and practices that contribute to the development ...
Abstract | The creation and continued development of antibiotics have revolutionized human health and disease for the past century. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance represents a major threat to human health, and practices that contribute to the development of this threat need to be addressed. Since the 1950s, antibiotics have been used in low doses to increase growth and decrease the feed requirement of animal-derived food sources. A consequence of this practice is the accelerated emergence of antimicrobial resistance that can influence human health through its distribution via animal food products. In the laboratory setting, sublethal doses of antibiotics promote the expansion of bacterial persister populations, a low energy, low metabolism phenotype characterized broadly by antibiotic tolerance. Furthermore, the induction of persister bacteria has been positively correlated with an increased emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains. This body of evidence suggests that the use of antibiotics in agriculture at subtherapeutic levels is actively catalyzing the emergence of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria through the expansion of bacterial persister populations, which is potentially leading to increased infections in humans and decreased antibiotic potency. There is an urgent need to address this debilitating effect on antibiotics and its influence on human health. In this review, we summarize the recent literature on the topic of emerging antimicrobial resistance and its association with bacterial persister populations. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-11-13 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ISSN | 2471-1888 |
ISSN (online) | 2471-1888 |
DOI | 10.3934/microbiol.2023038 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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