Oxytetracycline and Gentamicin: Two Clinically relevant Antimicrobials Widely Used by Costa Rican Farmers. Implications of Their Use Outside Clinical Cettings and Request for Action
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2008 |
| Descripción: | This mini-review deals with oxytetracycline and gentamicin: two clinically-relevant antimicrobials that find extensive usage in horticulture and other productive activities. The manuscript begins with a few words on their mechanism of action and clinical utility. Thereafter I address the most important mechanisms of acquired or intrinsic resistance described to date and some implications of the unrestricted use of these drugs outside clinical settings. A number of reports on the occurrence of antimicrobial-resistance genes and antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in agroecosystems illustrates that a threat exists and justifies the plea for monitoring programs and environmental risk assessments with which the article concludes. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Institución: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/7848 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/medica/article/view/7848 |
| Palabra clave: | oxitetraciclina gentamicina resistencia antimicrobiana agricultura oxytetracycline gentamicin antimicrobial-resistance plant agriculture |