Human Deaths and Third-Generation Cephalosporin use in Poultry, Europe

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To the Editor: Globally, antimicrobial drug resistance is rapidly rising, with resultant increased illness and death. Of particular concern is Escherichia coli, the most common bacterium to cause invasive disease in humans (1). In Europe, increasing proportions of bloodstream infections caused by E. coli are resistant to third-generation cephalosporins (1,2).