Antimicrobials and antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a risk to the environment and to public health

L Serwecińska - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The release of antibiotics to the environment, and the consequences of the presence of
persistent antimicrobial residues in ecosystems, have been the subject of numerous studies …

Sulfonamide drugs: Structure, antibacterial property, toxicity, and biophysical interactions

A Ovung, J Bhattacharyya - Biophysical reviews, 2021 - Springer
Sulfonamide (or sulphonamide) functional group chemistry (SN) forms the basis of several
groups of drug. In vivo sulfonamides exhibit a range of pharmacological activities, such as …

Antibiotic resistance genes identified in wastewater treatment plant systems–a review

M Pazda, J Kumirska, P Stepnowski… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The intensive use of antibiotics for human, veterinary and agricultural purposes, results in
their continuous release into the environment. Together with antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant …

Abiotic transformation and ecotoxicity change of sulfonamide antibiotics in environmental and water treatment processes: A critical review

J Li, L Zhao, M Feng, CH Huang, P Sun - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Sulfonamides (SAs) are among the most widely used antibiotics to treat bacterial infections
for humans and animals. They are also used in livestock agriculture to improve growth and …

Antibiotics in the aquatic environments: a review of the European scenario

IT Carvalho, L Santos - Environment international, 2016 - Elsevier
The discovery of antibiotics is considered one of the most significant scientific achievements
of the 20th century, revolutionizing both human and veterinary medicine. However …

Removal of pharmaceuticals from water by adsorption and advanced oxidation processes: state of the art and trends

F Mansouri, K Chouchene, N Roche, M Ksibi - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceutical products have become a necessary part of life. Several studies have
demonstrated that indirect exposure of humans to pharmaceuticals through the water could …

Veterinary antibiotics in animal waste, its distribution in soil and uptake by plants: A review

RP Tasho, JY Cho - Science of the Total Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
Therapeutic and sub-therapeutic use of antibiotics in livestock farming is and has been, a
common practice worldwide. These bioactive organic compounds have short retention …

Antimicrobial resistance in rivers: a review of the genes detected and new challenges

P Grenni - Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
River ecosystems are very important parts of the water cycle and an excellent habitat, food,
and drinking water source for many organisms, including humans. Antibiotics are emerging …

Fate of antibiotics during municipal water recycling treatment processes

N Le-Minh, SJ Khan, JE Drewes, RM Stuetz - Water research, 2010 - Elsevier
Municipal water recycling processes are potential human and environmental exposure
routes for low concentrations of persistent antibiotics. While the implications of such …

Elimination of organic micropollutants in a municipal wastewater treatment plant upgraded with a full-scale post-ozonation followed by sand filtration

J Hollender, SG Zimmermann, S Koepke… - … science & technology, 2009 - ACS Publications
The removal efficiency for 220 micropollutants was studied at the scale of a municipal
wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) upgraded with post-ozonation followed by sand …