Antimicrobial resistance monitoring of water environments: a framework for standardized methods and quality control

K Liguori, I Keenum, BC Davis, J Calarco… - … science & technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a grand societal challenge with important dimensions in
the water environment that contribute to its evolution and spread. Environmental monitoring …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic resistance in the environment

DG Larsson, CF Flach - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge, involving the transfer of bacteria and
genes between humans, animals and the environment. Although multiple barriers restrict the …

Defining and combating antibiotic resistance from One Health and Global Health perspectives

S Hernando-Amado, TM Coque, F Baquero… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Several interconnected human, animal and environmental habitats can contribute to the
emergence, evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance, and the health of these contiguous …

Antibiotic pollution in the environment: from microbial ecology to public policy

SA Kraemer, A Ramachandran, GG Perron - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Antibiotic resistance mechanisms in bacteria: relationships between resistance determinants of antibiotic producers, environmental bacteria, and clinical pathogens

E Peterson, P Kaur - Frontiers in microbiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Emergence of antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria poses a serious public health
challenge worldwide. However, antibiotic resistance genes are not confined to the clinic; …

A review of emerging organic contaminants (EOCs), antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in the environment: Increasing removal …

J García, MJ García-Galán, JW Day, R Boopathy… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Emerging organic contaminants (EOCs) include a diverse group of chemical compounds,
such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), pesticides, hormones …

Antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa–Mechanisms, epidemiology and evolution

J Botelho, F Grosso, L Peixe - Drug resistance updates, 2019 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are powerful drugs used in the treatment of bacterial infections. The inappropriate
use of these medicines has driven the dissemination of antibiotic resistance (AR) in most …

Continental-scale pollution of estuaries with antibiotic resistance genes

YG Zhu, YI Zhao, B Li, CL Huang, SY Zhang, S Yu… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) have moved from the environmental resistome into
human commensals and pathogens, driven by human selection with antimicrobial agents …

The incidence of antibiotic resistance within and beyond the agricultural ecosystem: A concern for public health

CD Iwu, L Korsten, AI Okoh - Microbiologyopen, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The agricultural ecosystem creates a platform for the development and dissemination of
antimicrobial resistance, which is promoted by the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in the …

Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in microbial ecosystems through horizontal gene transfer

CJH Von Wintersdorff, J Penders… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance among pathogenic bacteria has been a
rising problem for public health in recent decades. It is becoming increasingly recognized …