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1994; Lin et al. 1996; Gevers et al. 2003;
and, more frequently, with CNS. A risk Ammor et al. 2008)
factor potentially associated with all bacterial Antimicrobial resistance in CNS has been
groups used as starter cultures for sausage is studied in detail due to its clinical relevance.
the presence of acquired genes for antimicro- These bacteria display a high prevalence of
bial resistance. antibiotic resistance (Agvald-Ohman et al.
The food chain has been recognized as 2004) and can constitute reservoirs of antibi-
one of the main routes for the transmission otic-resistance genes that can be transferred
of antibiotic-resistant bacteria between to other staphylococci (Wielders et al. 2001).
animal and human populations (Witte 2000). Antibiotic-resistant strains were found in
The European Food Safety Authority has food (Gardini et al. 2003; Martin et al. 2006),
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