Antibiotic resistance genes from livestock waste: occurrence, dissemination, and treatment

Y He, Q Yuan, J Mathieu, L Stadler, N Senehi, R Sun… - NPJ Clean …, 2020 - nature.com
Antibiotics are widely used in animal husbandry, and various types of antibiotic resistance
genes (ARGs) are frequently detected in livestock waste around the world. Conventional …

Tackling antimicrobial resistance across sub-Saharan Africa: Current challenges and implications for the future

B Godman, A Egwuenu, E Wesangula… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a concern as this increases morbidity,
mortality, and costs, with sub-Saharan Africa having the highest rates globally. Concerns …

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 …

Non-point source fecal contamination from aging wastewater infrastructure is a primary driver of antibiotic resistance in surface waters

J Damashek, JR Westrich, JMB McDonald… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to human health. Many surface water resources are
environmental hotspots of antibiotic resistant gene (ARG) transfer, with agricultural runoff …

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 …

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 …

Prescribing, care and resistance: antibiotic use in urban South Africa

L Manderson - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract In South Africa, patients' and providers' expectations of transactions in health
services converge in consultations for acute respiratory tract infections with the prescription …

Environmental dissemination of selected antibiotics from hospital wastewater to the aquatic environment

MD Ekwanzala, RF Lehutso, TK Kasonga, JB Dewar… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The environmental dissemination of selected antibiotics from hospital wastewater into
municipal wastewater and lastly to a receiving water body was investigated. Selected …

[HTML][HTML] Antimicrobial resistance genes of Escherichia coli, a bacterium of “One Health” importance in South Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis

T Ramatla, M Tawana, KE Lekota, O Thekisoe - AIMS microbiology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This is a systematic review and meta-analysis that evaluated the prevalence of Escherichia
coli antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) in animals, humans, and the environment in South …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic-resistant microbial populations in urban receiving waters and wastewaters from Tanzania

AS Ripanda, MJ Rwiza, EC Nyanza, H Miraji… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antimicrobial resistance against certain medications in the pathogenic microbial community
is globally increasing due to the continual discharge and disposal of pharmaceuticals in the …