Revealing antibiotic resistance in therapeutic and dietary probiotic supplements
ConclusionsThe findings showed the presence of antibiotic resistance in probiotic bacteria isolated from commercially available dietary supplements. As multidrug resistance is a serious emerging issue and the risk of drug resistant gene transfer to commensals or pathogens of the gut is inevitable, the safety of probiotics has become a major criterion of interest. The findings of this study would serve as a platform for further screening and characterization of the determinants of antibiotic resistance and the genetic mechanisms of resistance.
Source: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
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