Antibiotic pollution in the environment: from microbial ecology to public policy

SA Kraemer, A Ramachandran, GG Perron - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
The ability to fight bacterial infections with antibiotics has been a longstanding cornerstone
of modern medicine. However, wide-spread overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to …

The role of the natural environment in the emergence of antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

EMH Wellington, ABA Boxall, P Cross… - The Lancet infectious …, 2013 - thelancet.com
During the past 10 years, multidrug-resistant Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae have
become a substantial challenge to infection control. It has been suggested by clinicians that …

Antibiotic resistance in the environment: a link to the clinic?

GD Wright - Current opinion in microbiology, 2010 - Elsevier
The emergence of resistance to all classes of antibiotics in previously susceptible bacterial
pathogens is a major challenge to infectious disease medicine. The origin of the genes …

Antibiotic resistance: moving from individual health norms to social norms in one health and global health

S Hernando-Amado, TM Coque, F Baquero… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistance is a problem for human health, and consequently, its study had been
traditionally focused toward its impact for the success of treating human infections in …

Gene flow, mobile genetic elements and the recruitment of antibiotic resistance genes into Gram-negative pathogens

HW Stokes, MR Gillings - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Antibiotics were one of the great discoveries of the 20th century. However, resistance
appeared even in the earliest years of the antibiotic era. Antibiotic resistance continues to …

Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife

M Vittecoq, S Godreuil, F Prugnolle… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The spread of antimicrobial resistance is of major concern for human health and leads to
growing economic costs. While it is increasingly hypothesized that wildlife could play an …

Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases Producing E. coli in Wildlife, yet Another Form of Environmental Pollution?

S Guenther, C Ewers, LH Wieler - Frontiers in microbiology, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Wildlife is normally not exposed to clinically used antimicrobial agents but can acquire
antimicrobial resistant bacteria through contact with humans, domesticated animals and the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of wildlife (wild birds) in the global transmission of antimicrobial resistance genes

J Wang, ZB Ma, ZL Zeng, XW Yang, Y Huang… - Zoological …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global health challenge in human and veterinary
medicine. Wild animals are not directly exposed to clinically relevant antibiotics; however …

Lessons from the environmental antibiotic resistome

MD Surette, GD Wright - Annual review of microbiology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue of growing proportions. All antibiotics are
susceptible to resistance. The evidence is now clear that the environment is the single …

Potential impact of antimicrobial resistance in wildlife, environment and human health

H Radhouani, N Silva, P Poeta, C Torres… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Given the significant spatial and temporal heterogeneity in antimicrobial resistance
distribution and the factors that affect its evolution, dissemination, and persistence, it is …