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 …

Antimicrobial use and resistance in food-producing animals and the environment: an African perspective

ZI Kimera, SE Mshana, MM Rweyemamu… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Background The overuse of antimicrobials in food animals and the subsequent
contamination of the environment have been associated with development and spread of …

The current status of the alternative use to antibiotics in poultry production: An African perspective

L Andrew Selaledi, Z Mohammed Hassan, TG Manyelo… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the years the growth and health of food-producing animals have been enhanced by the
use of antibiotics. These have helped reduce on-farm mortalities, lower incidences of …

Antibiotic resistomes and their chemical residues in aquatic environments in Africa

A Ogunlaja, OO Ogunlaja, OD Olukanni, GO Taylor… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The aquatic environment is a hotspot for the transfer of antibiotic resistance to humans and
animals. Several reviews have put together research efforts on the presence and distribution …

Massive analysis of 64,628 bacterial genomes to decipher water reservoir and origin of mobile colistin resistance genes: is there another role for these enzymes?

MB Khedher, SA Baron, T Riziki, R Ruimy, D Raoult… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Since 2015, new worrying colistin resistance mechanism, mediated by mcr-1 gene has been
reported worldwide along with eight newly described variants but their source (s) and …

Inactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic-resistance genes in wastewater streams: Current challenges and future perspectives

TBM Mosaka, JO Unuofin, MO Daramola… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of antibiotics, which was once regarded as a timely medical intervention now
leaves a bitter aftertaste: antimicrobial resistance (AMR), due to the unregulated use of these …

Distribution of Antibiotic-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Pathogens in Potable Spring Water of Eastern Indian Himalayas: Emphasis on Virulence Gene and Antibiotic Resistance …

AK Singh, S Das, S Kumar, VR Gajamer… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Every year millions of people die due to fatal waterborne diseases around the world
especially in developing countries like India. Sikkim, a northeastern state of India, greatly …

[HTML][HTML] Epidemiology of mobile colistin resistance (mcr) genes in aquatic environments

Z Cherak, L Loucif, A Moussi, JM Rolain - Journal of Global Antimicrobial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Colistin is one of the last-line therapies against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative
pathogens, especially carbapenemase-producing isolates, making resistance to this …

Pathotyping and Antibiotic Resistance Profiling of Escherichia coli Isolates from Children with Acute Diarrhea in Amatole District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South …

SA Omolajaiye, KO Afolabi… - BioMed Research …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Diarrhea has been reported as the leading cause of childhood mortality and
morbidity globally but with disproportionate impacts in developing nations. Among bacterial …

Prevalence and traits of mobile colistin resistance gene harbouring isolates from different ecosystems in Africa

MU Anyanwu, COR Okpala, KF Chah… - BioMed research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mobile colistin resistance (mcr) gene threatens the efficacy of colistin (COL), a last‐line
antibiotic used in treating deadly infections. For more than six decades, COL is used in …