Pediococcus acidilactici and Increased Erythromycin-Resistant Enterobacterales Abundance in the Ileum

• Impact of Pediococcus acidilactici and tylvalosin on porcine Enterobacterales abundance, antimicrobial resistance, and conjugative potential.

  • 2026-02-18
  • Clinical Trial
  • Journal of applied microbiology 137(3)
  • • Annie Turcotte
    • Dominic Poulin-Laprade
    • Linda Saucier
    • Joanie Lemieux
    • Nathalie Gagnon
    • Sylvain Fournaise
    • Frédéric Guay
    • Vincent Burrus
    • Guylaine Talbot

  • PubMed: 41707193
  • DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxag044

  4 Insights on

  • Increased Erythromycin-Resistant Enterobacterales Abundance in the Ileum

  • Low evidence
  • Animal Study

  These pigs also displayed a significant expansion of the erythromycin-resistant subpopulation in the ileum (1.5 logs)

  Effect

  Harmful

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes