MOHD FARHAN HANIF REDUAN's scientific contributions

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The uncontrolled usage of antibiotics, especially colistin as growth promoter in poultry and the manures utilized as fertilizers in vegetable farming serve as the fundamental causes of mobilized colistin resistance (mcr) gene emergence in Escherichia coli (E. coli). This study was conducted to determine the prevalence, antibiotic susceptibility pro...

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... We observed colistin resistance, ranging from 60 to 100%, among A. baumannii and P. aeruginosa isolates. Widespread antibiotic use in agriculture and pisciculture is among the leading drivers of drug resistance [50]. In a study by Kariuki and others on antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya, 13% of farmers used colistin in poultry feeds [51]. ...