A tool to enhance antimicrobial stewardship using similarity networks to identify antimicrobial resistance patterns across farms

  21 February 2023

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the major challenges of the century and should be addressed with a One Health approach. This study aimed to develop a tool that can provide a better understanding of AMR patterns and improve management practices in swine production systems to reduce its spread between farms. We generated similarity networks based on the phenotypic AMR pattern for each farm with information on important bacterial pathogens for swine farming based on the Euclidean distance. We included seven pathogens: Actinobacillus suisBordetella bronchisepticaEscherichia coliGlaesserella parasuisPasteurella multocidaSalmonella spp., and Streptococcus suis; and up to seventeen antibiotics from ten classes.

Further reading: Nature Scientific Reports
Author(s): Cecilia Aguilar-Vega et al
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