Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review

N Hassoun-Kheir, Y Stabholz, JU Kreft… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) are constantly
shed into the aquatic environment, with hospital wastewater potentially acting as an …

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 …

Evaluation of antibiotic resistance dissemination by wastewater treatment plant effluents with different catchment areas in Germany

J Alexander, N Hembach, T Schwartz - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The study quantified the abundances of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and facultative
pathogenic bacteria (FPB) as well as one mobile genetic element in genomic DNA via qPCR …

SARS-CoV-2 in environmental samples of quarantined households

M Döhla, B Schulte, G Wilbring, BM Kümmerer… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
The role of environmental transmission of SARS-CoV-2 remains unclear. Thus, the aim of
this study was to investigate whether viral contamination of air, wastewater, and surfaces in …

[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 …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antimicrobial residues in wastewater and process water from German pig slaughterhouses and their receiving municipal wastewater …

M Savin, G Bierbaum, JA Hammerl… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Slaughterhouse process-and wastewater are considered as a hotspot for antibiotic-resistant
bacteria and antimicrobial residues and may thus play an important role for their …

ESKAPE bacteria and extended-spectrum-β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from wastewater and process water from German poultry slaughterhouses

M Savin, G Bierbaum, JA Hammerl… - Applied and …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
The wastewater of livestock slaughterhouses is considered a source of antimicrobial-
resistant bacteria with clinical relevance and may thus be important for their dissemination …

[HTML][HTML] Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative bacteria in aquatic environments: A review

Z Cherak, L Loucif, A Moussi, JM Rolain - Journal of Global Antimicrobial …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest public-health challenges worldwide, especially
with regard to Gram-negative bacteria (GNB). Carbapenems are the β-lactam antibiotics of …

The investigation of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistance genes and antibiotic-resistant organisms in a drinking water reservoir system in Germany

AM Voigt, P Ciorba, M Döhla, M Exner, C Felder… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Between August 2018 and June 2019, a river system in Germany that supplies a
drinking water reservoir and is subject to the discharge from two sewage treatment plants …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, and antibiotic residues in wastewater from a poultry slaughterhouse after conventional and advanced …

M Savin, J Alexander, G Bierbaum, JA Hammerl… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Slaughterhouse wastewater is considered a reservoir for antibiotic-resistant bacteria and
antibiotic residues, which are not sufficiently removed by conventional treatment processes …