ReviewFoodborne pathogens and disease2018
Unraveling the Role of Vegetables in Spreading Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria: A Need for Quantitative Risk Assessment.
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The bacterial and parasitic contamination of raw vegetables and fruits collected from local farms and markets in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of patterns and associated factors.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- The agroenvironmental-clinical link of Proteus mirabilis: Genomic epidemiology, clonal relationships, and shared resistance and virulence profiles.Folia microbiologica · 2026Article
- Bacteriocin AS-48 and High Hydrostatic Pressure as Hurdles in a Vegetable Cream upon Temperature Abuse.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Dairy manure, glyphosate, and antimicrobials (copper, streptomycin, and triazole) modulated the composition of antimicrobial resistance at the gene and microbial levels in a processing tomato field.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Phenotypic resistance profiles and resistome variations between endophytic and epiphytic bacteria in apple fruits.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
- Linking Clinical and Environmental Multidrug Resistance Plasmids Captured from the Tama River Flowing Through the Tokyo Megalopolis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Risk of antimicrobial resistance spreading via food loss and waste.Infectious diseases of poverty · 2026Review
- Evolution and rise of antimicrobial resistance in key public health bacteria within and across the One Health sectors.Future microbiology · 2026Review
- Ready-to-Eat Sandwich Microbiota: Diversity, Antibiotic Resistance, and Strategies to Enhance Food Safety.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Factors associated with microbiological non-compliance in ready-to-eat foods: A seven-year analysis of official food safety surveillance data in a tropical low- and middle-income country.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria in Manure, Soil, and Vegetables in Urban Blantyre, Malawi, from a Farm-to-Fork Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
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- Evaluation of the Virulence and Plant Growth-Promoting Potential of Endophytic Bacteria for Improving Vegetable Production.Current microbiology · 2025Article
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- Identification of ESBL-Producing Enterobacterales From Vegetable Plants: Preliminary Findings From a Small Cross-Sectional Study in a Rural Area of Madagascar.Environmental microbiology reports · 2025Article
- Navigating the Interconnected Web of Health: A Comprehensive Review of the One Health Paradigm and Its Implications for Disease Management.Yonsei medical journal · 2025Review
- Preliminary survey of biofilm forming, antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli in fishes from land based aquaculture systems and open water bodies in Bangladesh.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Invisible Threat of Antibiotic Resistance in Food.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Seasonal Analysis of PathogenicFood science & nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
In recent years, vegetables gain consumer attraction due to their reputation of being healthy in combination with low energy density. However, since fresh produce is often eaten raw, it may also be a source for foodborne illness. The presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria might pose a particular risk to the consumer. Therefore, this review aims to present the current state of knowledge concerning the exposure of humans to antibiotic-resistant bacteria via food of plant origin for quantitative risk assessment purposes. The review provides a critical overview of available information on hazard identification and characterization, exposure assessment, and risk prevention with special respect to potential sources of contamination and infection chains. Several comprehensive studies are accessible regarding major antimicrobial-resistant foodborne pathogens (e.g., Salmonella spp., Listeria spp., Bacillus cereus, Campylobacter spp., Escherichia coli) and other bacteria (e.g., further Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas spp., Gram-positive cocci). These studies revealed vegetables to be a potential-although rare-vector for extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae, mcr1-positive E. coli, colistin- and carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, linezolid-resistant enterococci and staphylococci, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci. Even if this provides first clues for assessing the risk related to vegetable-borne antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, the literature research reveals important knowledge gaps affecting almost every part of risk assessment and management. Especially, the need for (comparable) quantitative data as well as data on possible contamination sources other than irrigation water, organic fertilizer, and soil becomes obvious. Most crucially, dose-response studies would be needed to convert a theoretical "risk" (e.g., related to antimicrobial-resistant commensals and opportunistic pathogens) into a quantitative risk estimate.
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