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Conclusions<br />

●<br />

<strong>Antibiotic</strong> resistance among foodborne pathogens may create<br />

an increased burden to human<br />

health in the following ways:<br />

1. Resistant t pathogens contam<br />

minating food animals have the<br />

potential to reach humans<br />

2. Human use <strong>of</strong> antibiotics may increase the risk <strong>of</strong> acquiring<br />

an infection with an antimicrobial resistant pathogen<br />

3. Human infection with a resistant microbe may limit illness<br />

treatment t t options<br />

4. <strong>Antibiotic</strong>-resistant foodborne pathogens may develop<br />

increased virulence

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