Contamination of water resources by pathogenic bacteria

PK Pandey, PH Kass, ML Soupir, S Biswas, VP Singh - Amb Express, 2014 - Springer
Water-borne pathogen contamination in water resources and related diseases are a major
water quality concern throughout the world. Increasing interest in controlling water-borne …

Fecal indicator bacteria from environmental sources; strategies for identification to improve water quality monitoring

ML Devane, E Moriarty, L Weaver, A Cookson, B Gilpin - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
In tropical to temperate environments, fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), such as enterococci and
Escherichia coli, can persist and potentially multiply, far removed from their natural reservoir …

Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pattern, virulence determinant and AMR genes of emerging multi-drug resistant Edwardsiella tarda in Nile tilapia and …

AM Algammal, M Mabrok, M Ezzat, KJ Alfifi, AM Esawy… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Edwardsiella tarda is a common fish pathogen, causing septicemic diseases and formidable
economic losses in freshwater fish farming. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence …

atpD gene sequencing, multidrug resistance traits, virulence-determinants, and antimicrobial resistance genes of emerging XDR and MDR-Proteus mirabilis

AM Algammal, HR Hashem, KJ Alfifi, HF Hetta… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Proteus mirabilis is a common opportunistic pathogen causing severe illness in humans and
animals. To determine the prevalence, antibiogram, biofilm-formation, screening of …

oprL Gene Sequencing, Resistance Patterns, Virulence Genes, Quorum Sensing and Antibiotic Resistance Genes of XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from …

AM Algammal, NH Eidaroos, KJ Alfifi… - Infection and Drug …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Pseudomonas aeruginosa is incriminated in septicemia, significant economic
losses in the poultry production sector, and severe respiratory infections in humans. This …

Impacts of antibiotic use in agriculture: what are the benefits and risks?

LM Durso, KL Cook - Current opinion in microbiology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Which drugs, bacteria and genes should be measured in agroecosystems?•
Defining baseline levels of drugs, bacteria and genes.•Connecting agriculture and clinic …

Subclinical mastitis in selected bovine dairy herds in North Upper Egypt: Assessment of prevalence, causative bacterial pathogens, antimicrobial resistance and …

AH Abed, AMS Menshawy, MMA Zeinhom, D Hossain… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mastitis is a significant disease affecting dairy cattle farms in Egypt. The current study aimed
to investigate the prevalence and major bacterial pathogens causing subclinical mastitis …

Antimicrobial-resistant bacterial populations and antimicrobial resistance genes obtained from environments impacted by livestock and municipal waste

GE Agga, TM Arthur, LM Durso, DM Harhay… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
This study compared the populations of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and the repertoire of
antimicrobial resistance genes in four environments: effluent of three municipal wastewater …

A first report of molecular typing, virulence traits, and phenotypic and genotypic resistance patterns of newly emerging XDR and MDR Aeromonas veronii in Mugil …

AM Algammal, RA Ibrahim, KJ Alfifi, H Ghabban… - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aeromonas veronii is associated with substantial economic losses in the fish industry and
with food-borne illness in humans. This study aimed to determine the prevalence …

Bacteriophages isolated from chicken meat and the horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes

A Shousha, N Awaiwanont, D Sofka… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antimicrobial resistance in microbes poses a global and increasing threat to public health.
The horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes was thought to be due largely to …