Pharmaceutical effluent evokes superbugs in the environment: A call to action

RA Rayan - Biosafety and Health, 2023 - mednexus.org
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global threat, especially in low-and middle-
income countries (LMICs), causing prolonged illnesses, heightened antimicrobial use …

Photocatalytic and biological degradation processes to mineralize pharmaceutically active compounds and catalyst recovery: a review

R Ravi, AK Golder - Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2025 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, the escalating issue of water pollution has primarily originated
from the direct discharge of industrial and municipal waste. The perilous ramifications of …

Enhancing effluent quality prediction in wastewater treatment plants through the integration of factor analysis and machine learning

J Lv, L Du, H Lin, B Wang, W Yin, Y Song, J Chen… - Bioresource …, 2024 - Elsevier
Precisely predicting the concentration of nitrogen-based pollutants from the wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs) remains a challenging yet crucial task for optimizing operational …

[HTML][HTML] Integron-associated genes are reliable indicators of antibiotic resistance in wastewater despite treatment-and seasonality-driven fluctuations

RDS Tavares, C Fidalgo, ET Rodrigues, M Tacão… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study aims to characterize the bacterial community, resistome and integron
abundance of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) over the course of 12 months …

[HTML][HTML] High-throughput microfluidic quantitative PCR system for the simultaneous detection of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial and viral pathogens in …

S Shrestha, B Malla, E Haramoto - Environmental Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Comprehensive data on bacterial and viral pathogens of diarrhea and studies applying
culture-independent methods for examining antibiotic resistance in wastewater are lacking …

High throughput qPCR unveils shared antibiotic resistance genes in tropical wastewater and river water

T Srathongneam, M Sresung, P Paisantham… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global challenge posed by rising antimicrobial resistance, and the adoption of a One
Health approach, has led to the prioritisation of surveillance for antibiotic resistance genes …

Quantitative distribution of antibiotic resistance genes and crAssphage in a tropical urbanized watershed

M Sresung, T Srathongneam, P Paisantham… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
As antimicrobial resistance continues to pose a significant threat to global health, this study
provided a focused examination of the prevalence and behavior of key antibiotic resistance …

Antibiotic resistance genes and crAssphage in hospital wastewater and a canal receiving the treatment effluent

Y Siri, M Sresung, P Paisantham, S Mongkolsuk… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hospital wastewater is a major hotspot for the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in
aquatic ecosystems. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of antibiotic resistance …

Oral bacteria induce IgA autoantibodies against a mesangial protein in IgA nephropathy model mice

M Higashiyama, K Haniuda, Y Nihei… - Life Science …, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is caused by deposition of IgA in the glomerular mesangium. The
mechanism of selective deposition and production of IgA is unclear; however, we recently …

Bacterial resistome in different stages of wastewater treatment plant is highly impacted by the abundance of the pseudomonadota community

SS Malik, DS Loganathachetti, MA Khan… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are significant sources of antimicrobial resistance
(AMR). We studied bacterial communities and antibiotic-resistance genes (ARGs) in different …