High prevalence of multiple antibiotic resistance in fermented food-associated lactic acid bacteria in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Haryani, Yuli, Abdul Halid, Nadrah, Goh, Sur Guat, Mahmud Ab Rashid, Nor-Khaizura, Md Hatta, Muhammad Asyraf, Sabri, Suriana, Radu, Son, Hasan, Hanan
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108179/; https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0956713522007514

Fermented foods may serve as a vector for introducing non-pathogenic antibiotic-resistant bacteria into the human gastrointestinal system, thereby interacting with the gut microbiota, and disseminating antibiotic-resistant genes. The present work thus aimed to investigate the genetic diversity, anti...