A stochastic assessment of the public health risks of the use of macrolide antibiotics in food animals

Risk Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 695-710

  Hurd, H Scott ^a   Enøe, Claes ^b   Sørensen, Lene ^b   Wachman, Henrik ^b   Corns, Steven M ^c   Bryden, Kenneth M ^e   Grenier, Matthias ^d  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Danish Meat Association   (Denmark)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Campylobacter; Macrolide

Indexed keywords

(001) PARAMETER; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL USE; ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP.; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; FLUOROQUINOLONE (FQ); FOOD ANIMALS; FOOD BORNE ILLNESS; HUMAN HEALTH RISKS; LINEAR MODELING; MACROLIDE (MA); MACROLIDE ANTIBIOTICS; MACROLIDE RESISTANCE; MEAT CONSUMPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; STOCHASTIC ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; CANNING; ESTIMATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; HEALTH; LEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS; SAFETY FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

HEALTH RISKS;

MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TREATMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MEAT; MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CALCULATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; DRUG USE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MEAT; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MACROLIDES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; SUIDAE;

EID: 45749148707     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2008.01054.x     Document Type: Review

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