Parental Perceptions and Microbial / Public Health Implications of Pre-Chewed Weaning Foods

Introduction of pre-chewed foods to infants during weaning is a common parental practice. However, children can be exposed to mouth-to-mouth transmission of infectious and multi-drug resistant bacteria through pre-chewed foods, during complementary feeding. The aim of this study was to investigate the antibiotic resistance profiles of 103 easily-culturable oral bacterial strains of nursing parents, isolated from their pre-chewed meat samples....