Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria poses an enormous threat to food safety and public health, attracting worldwide attention. It is estimated that unless a global response to the problem of AMR is undertaken, roughly 10 million people would die annually by 2050 because of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Listeria, Staphylococcus aureus, and Campylobacter can transfer to humans along the food supply chain, resulting in food poisoning. In foodborne pathogens, AMR, particularly multiple drug resistance (MDR), places a further and escalating burden on clinical treatment for human diseases. Currently, the “One Health” strategy, which is an interdisciplinary and cross-regional (national, regional, and global) collaboration involving all aspects of human, animal, and environment, has been committed to combating AMR. However, the dissemination mechanisms of AMR in foodborne pathogens along the food supply chain, which includes livestock breeding, food processing, transportation, and retail, remain unclear. Furthermore, it is critical to present specific "One Health" techniques to prevent antimicrobial-resistance foodborne pathogens.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research articles, Reviews and Mini-Reviews, Methods, Opinions, and Perspectives about AMR and/or antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) in foodborne pathogens, especially the epidemiology and dissemination mechanism of those along the food supply chain. The detailed themes are listed in the following:
(1) Epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens involving livestock breeding, food processing, transportation, and retail
(2) Emergence and spread of global, international, or regional AMR clones of foodborne pathogens
(3) The sources of antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens along the food supply chain based on whole genome sequencing
(4) Transfer of ARG associated with mobile elements including plasmids, insertion sequences, transposons, integrons, and even prophages
(5) Implementing “One Health” approaches to reduce AMR
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in bacteria poses an enormous threat to food safety and public health, attracting worldwide attention. It is estimated that unless a global response to the problem of AMR is undertaken, roughly 10 million people would die annually by 2050 because of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Listeria, Staphylococcus aureus, and Campylobacter can transfer to humans along the food supply chain, resulting in food poisoning. In foodborne pathogens, AMR, particularly multiple drug resistance (MDR), places a further and escalating burden on clinical treatment for human diseases. Currently, the “One Health” strategy, which is an interdisciplinary and cross-regional (national, regional, and global) collaboration involving all aspects of human, animal, and environment, has been committed to combating AMR. However, the dissemination mechanisms of AMR in foodborne pathogens along the food supply chain, which includes livestock breeding, food processing, transportation, and retail, remain unclear. Furthermore, it is critical to present specific "One Health" techniques to prevent antimicrobial-resistance foodborne pathogens.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research articles, Reviews and Mini-Reviews, Methods, Opinions, and Perspectives about AMR and/or antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) in foodborne pathogens, especially the epidemiology and dissemination mechanism of those along the food supply chain. The detailed themes are listed in the following:
(1) Epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens involving livestock breeding, food processing, transportation, and retail
(2) Emergence and spread of global, international, or regional AMR clones of foodborne pathogens
(3) The sources of antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens along the food supply chain based on whole genome sequencing
(4) Transfer of ARG associated with mobile elements including plasmids, insertion sequences, transposons, integrons, and even prophages
(5) Implementing “One Health” approaches to reduce AMR