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- “The emergence of resistance to anti-microbial agents within the salmonellae is a
world-wide problem that has been associated with the use of antibiotics in
livestock.” - “Of the estimated 1.4 million salmonella infections that occur each year in the
United States, most are in children and the elderly and approximately 600 are
fatal.” - “Antibiotic-resistant strains of salmonella in the United States evolve primarily
in livestock...The ceftriaxone-resistant isolate from the child was
indistinguishable from one of the isolates from cattle, which was also resistant to
ceftriaxone. Both ceftriaxone-resistant isolates were resistant to 13 antimicrobial
agents.”
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- “Streptococcus pneumoniae is the leading bacterial cause of community-acquired
respiratory tract infections...Since the 1990s there has been a significant increase
in drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP) due in large part to
increased use of antimicrobials.”
Fink, Sheri. (2016). Drug shortages forcing hard decisions on rationing treatments. The
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decisions-on-rationing-treatments.html
- “In recent years, shortages of all sorts of drugs--anesthetics, painkillers,
antibiotics, cancer treatments--have become the new normal in American
medicine.” - “The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists currently lists inadequate
supplies of more than 150 drugs and therapeutics, for reasons ranging from
manufacturing problems to federal safety crackdowns to drug makers
abandoning low-profit products.”
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