Is antimicrobial use in agriculture responsible for the development of antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens?
A. Antimicrobial use anywhere can lead to the development of resistance. Although the media have sometimes indicated agricultural use of antimicrobials is a large factor contributing to resistance in bacteria infecting humans, in fact, the relative contributions of human, agriculture and pet antimicrobial use to the overall problem of resistance are still unknown. Antimicrobial resistance in human pathogens is largely due to the overuse or misuse of antibiotics in human medicine.
