Currently the serious problem of contamination by antibiotics is a reality. The scientific
evidence of its negative effects on the aquatic environment and human health are numerous …

Sewage sludge is an important reservoir of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs),
and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and the …

The ability to fight bacterial infections with antibiotics has been a longstanding cornerstone
of modern medicine. However, wide-spread overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to …

The intensive use of antibiotics for human, veterinary and agricultural purposes, results in
their continuous release into the environment. Together with antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant …

Antimicrobial pharmaceuticals are classified as emergent micropollutants of concern,
implying that even at low concentrations, long-term exposure to the environment can have …

P. aeruginosa is classified as a priority one pathogen by the World Health Organisation, and
new drugs are urgently needed, due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains …

Waste water and waste water treatment plants can act as reservoirs and environmental
suppliers of antibiotic resistance. They have also been proposed to be hotspots for …

There has been a dramatic increase in the emergence of antibiotic‐resistant bacterial
strains, which has made antibiotic choices for infection control increasingly limited and more …

Wastewater is a complex matrix containing a wide range of chemical and biological markers
of human activity. Relating concentrations of these “waste” materials in wastewater influent …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are implicated as hotspots for the dissemination of
antibacterial resistance into the environment. However, the in situ processes governing …