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and animal health because of carrying and mecA) have been detected in CNS iso-
acquired resistance genes (EFSA 2007). lated from fermented meat. Moreover, S.
Fermented meats that are not heat treated xylosus strains, isolated from poultry infec-
before consumption provide a vehicle for tions, were found to be resistant to strepto-
such bacteria and can act as a direct link gramins, harboring the vatB and the vgaB
between the indigenous microbiota of animals genes.
and the human gastrointestinal tract. An additional concern is that, even in the
Lactobacilli are generally recognized as absence of selective pressure, mobile genetic
safe and are not responsible for human infec- elements carrying antibiotic resistance can be
tions in healthy people (Z’Graggen et al. transferred at high frequency through the
2005)
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