Agricultural applications for antimicrobials. A danger to human health: An official position statement of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 422-432

  Aitken, Samuel L ^a   Dilworth, Thomas J ^b   Heil, Emily L ^c   Nailor, Michael D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare St Francis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

antifungals; antimicrobial stewardship; aquaculture; farming; growth promotion; horticulture; resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; DRUG RESIDUE; FUNGICIDE; VETERINARY DRUG;

AGRICULTURE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CATERING SERVICE; CONTAMINATION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG USE; EGG; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; MEAT; MILK; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAW MEAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG LEGISLATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANPOWER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AQUACULTURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG RESIDUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, DRUG; SOCIETIES, PHARMACEUTICAL; VETERINARY DRUGS;

EID: 84963705481     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: 18759114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1737     Document Type: Article

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