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 …

Freshwater environments as reservoirs of antibiotic resistant bacteria and their role in the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes

CF Nnadozie, ON Odume - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Freshwater environments are susceptible to possible contamination by residual antibiotics
that are released through different sources, such as agricultural runoffs, sewage discharges …

[HTML][HTML] Critical review of technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital wastewater: From conventional to combined advanced processes

MI Pariente, Y Segura, S Álvarez-Torrellas… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to assess different technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital
wastewater (HWW) to remove pharmaceutical compounds (PhCs) as sustances of emerging …

Chlorine disinfection increases both intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant

SS Liu, HM Qu, D Yang, H Hu, WL Liu, ZG Qiu, AM Hou… - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
The emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance has posed a major threat to both human
health and environmental ecosystem. Although the disinfection has been proved to be …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in a wastewater effluent-receiving river in the Netherlands

NA Sabri, H Schmitt, B Van der Zaan… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotics are being used intensively for humans and livestock worldwide and have led to
the presence of antibiotic resistance bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) …

Dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) via integrons in Escherichia coli: a risk to human health

S Zhang, M Abbas, MU Rehman, Y Huang, R Zhou… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the induction of various emerging environmental contaminants such as antibiotic
resistance genes (ARGs), environment is considered as a key indicator for the spread of …

Antibiotic resistance in the finfish aquaculture industry: a review

G Ferri, C Lauteri, A Vergara - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Significant challenges to worldwide sustainable food production continue to arise from
environmental change and consistent population growth. In order to meet increasing …

Understanding drivers of antibiotic resistance genes in High Arctic soil ecosystems

CM McCann, B Christgen, JA Roberts, JQ Su… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soils in tropical and temperate locations are known to be a sink for the genetic potential of
anthropogenic-driven acquired antibiotic resistance (AR). In contrast, accumulation of …

Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on profiles of antibiotic-resistant genes and bacteria in hospital wastewater

L Zhao, Z Lv, L Lin, X Li, J Xu, S Huang, Y Chen… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected healthcare worldwide and has led to the
excessive use of disinfectants and antimicrobial agents. However, the impact of excessive …

Prevalence and diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in Swedish aquatic environments impacted by household and hospital wastewater

FA Khan, B Söderquist, J Jass - Frontiers in microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and non-lactose fermenting Gram-negative bacteria
are a major cause of nosocomial infections. Antibiotic misuse has fueled the worldwide …