Enterococci, from harmless bacteria to a pathogen

S Ramos, V Silva, MLE Dapkevicius, G Igrejas, P Poeta - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Enterococci are gastrointestinal commensals whose hardiness allowed them to colonize
very diverse environments, including soils, water, food, and feed. This ability to overcome …

Hospital wastewater treatment methods and its impact on human health and environments

AA Ramírez-Coronel, MJ Mohammadi… - Reviews on …, 2024 - degruyter.com
The scientific development and economic advances have led to the identification of many
pathogenic agents in hospital effluents. Hospital wastewaters are qualitatively similar to …

Metagenome sequencing reveals shifts in phage-associated antibiotic resistance genes from influent to effluent in wastewater treatment plants

Z Li, X Guo, B Liu, T Huang, R Liu, X Liu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to global health, and the microbe-rich
activated sludge environment may contribute to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance …

Genomic analysis of antibiotic-resistant Enterococcus spp. reveals novel enterococci strains and the spread of plasmid-borne Tet (M), Tet (L) and Erm (B) genes from …

DO Fatoba, DG Amoako, ALK Akebe, A Ismail… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Manure from food animals exposed to antibiotics is often used as soil fertiliser, potentially
releasing antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) with diverse antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) …

Dissemination of Enterococcal genetic lineages: a one health perspective

J Monteiro Marques, M Coelho, AR Santana, D Pinto… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enterococcus spp. are commensals of the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and animals and
colonize a variety of niches such as water, soil, and food. Over the last three decades …

Elimination from wastewater of antibiotics reserved for hospital settings, with a Fenton process based on zero-valent iron

F Furia, M Minella, F Gosetti, F Turci, R Sabatino… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The Fenton process activated by Zero Valent Iron (ZVI-Fenton) is shown here to effectively
remove antibiotics reserved for hospital settings (specifically used to treat antibiotic-resistant …

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] Towards the standardization of Enterococcus culture methods for waterborne antibiotic resistance monitoring: A critical review of trends across studies

BC Davis, I Keenum, J Calarco, K Liguori, E Milligan… - Water Research X, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is a major 21 st century One Health (humans, animals, environment)
challenge whose spread limits options to treat bacterial infections. There is growing interest …

Environmental resistome risks of wastewaters and aquatic environments deciphered by shotgun metagenomic assembly

MD Ekwanzala, JB Dewar, MNB Momba - … and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, we deciphered the core resistome disseminating from hospital wastewater to
the aquatic environment by characterising the resistome, plasmidome, mobilome and …

Enterococcal biofilm—A nidus for antibiotic resistance transfer?

M Conwell, JSG Dooley… - Journal of applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Enterococci, which are on the WHO list of priority pathogens, are commonly encountered in
hospital acquired infection and are becoming increasing significant due to the development …