Wastewater treatment plants, an “escape gate” for ESCAPE pathogens

LG Marutescu, M Popa, I Gheorghe-Barbu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotics are an essential tool of modern medicine, contributing to significantly decreasing
mortality and morbidity rates from infectious diseases. However, persistent misuse of these …

[HTML][HTML] Promising bioprocesses for the efficient removal of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistance genes from urban and hospital wastewaters: Potentialities of aerobic …

L Perez-Bou, A Gonzalez-Martinez… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The use, overuse, and improper use of antibiotics have resulted in higher levels of antibiotic-
resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs), which have profoundly …

Investigation of H2O2/UV advanced oxidation process on the removal rate of coliforms from the industrial effluent: A pilot-scale study

M Ashrafivala, SB Mousavi, SZ Heris, M Heidari… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Wastewater recycling and reuse is very important, specially in countries with water shortage
problem. Disinfection is very crucial step of wastewater treatment, particulary from the reuse …

Deciphering basic and key traits of antibiotic resistome in influent and effluent of hospital wastewater treatment systems

L Zhu, L Yuan, XY Shuai, ZJ Lin, YJ Sun, ZC Zhou… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Hospital wastewater treatment system (HWTS) is an important source and environmental
reservoir of clinically relevant antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). However, how antibiotic …

Post-treatment disinfection technologies for sustainable removal of antibiotic residues and antimicrobial resistance bacteria from hospital wastewater

AA Werkneh, MA Islam - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified antimicrobial resistance
bacteria and its spread as one of the most serious threats to public health and the …

Intensive care unit sinks are persistently colonized with multidrug resistant bacteria and mobilizable, resistance-conferring plasmids

L Diorio-Toth, MA Wallace, CW Farnsworth, B Wang… - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Contamination of hospital sinks with microbial pathogens presents a serious potential threat
to patients, but our understanding of sink colonization dynamics is largely based on infection …

Co-occurrence of phthalate esters and perfluoroalkyl substances affected bacterial community and pathogenic bacteria growth in rural drinking water distribution …

H Yin, R Chen, H Wang, C Schwarz, H Hu, B Shi… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The adverse health effects of phthalate esters (PAEs) and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
in drinking water have attracted considerable attention. Our study investigated the effects of …

Transmission of clones of carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli between a hospital and an urban wastewater treatment plant

D Wang, B Berglund, Q Li, X Shangguan, J Li… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) constitute an urgent threat to worldwide
public health. The spread of CRE is facilitated by transmission via the environment …

Antibiotic resistance determinants among carbapenemase producing bacteria isolated from wastewaters of Kathmandu, Nepal

KC Sudeep, S Khanal, TP Joshi, D Khadka… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The emergence of carbapenem resistant bacteria (CRB) possesses a remarkable threat to
the health of humans. CRB and carbapenem resistance genes (CRGs) have frequently been …

Distribution and characteristics of carbapenem-resistant and extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli in hospital effluents, sewage …

T Azuma, T Uchiyama, D Zhang, M Usui… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Occurrence of profiles of the carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli (CRE-E) and extended-
spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL-E) in an urban river in a …