Background Although the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through food and its
production poses a significant concern, there is limited research on the prevalence of AMR …

Background With the escalating risk of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), there are limited
analytical options available that can comprehensively assess the burden of AMR carried by …

Overuse of antimicrobials in medicine and agriculture are believed to be drivers of the
spread of AMR among pathogenic bacteria. Antimicrobial use in agriculture and food …

Over the past decades, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been recognized as one of the
most serious threats to public health. Although originally considered a problem to human …

Metagenomics analysis of foods has the potential to provide comprehensive data on the
presence and prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) genes in the microbiome of …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents a major challenge for Public Health and the
scientific community, and requires immediate and drastic solutions. Acquired resistance to …

Food products carry bacteria unless specifically sterilised. These bacteria can be
pathogenic, commensal or associated with food spoilage, and may also be resistant to …

Understanding the role of foods in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance
necessitates the initial documentation of antibiotic resistance genes within bacterial species …

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) will soon replace traditional phenotypic methods for
routine testing of foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR). WGS is expected to improve …

The distribution of potential clinically relevant antibiotic resistance (AR) genes across soil,
water, animal, plant and human microbiomes is not well understood. We aimed to …