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Increased Antimicrobial And Multidrug Resistance Downstream Of Wastewater Treatment Plants In An Urban Watershed, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Edward Laird, Terry J. Gentry, John P. Brooks, Raghupathy Karthikeyan
Increased Antimicrobial And Multidrug Resistance Downstream Of Wastewater Treatment Plants In An Urban Watershed, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Edward Laird, Terry J. Gentry, John P. Brooks, Raghupathy Karthikeyan
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Development and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multidrug resistance (MDR) through propagation of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in various environments is a global emerging public health concern. The role of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) as hot spots for the dissemination of AMR and MDR has been widely pointed out by the scientific community. In this study, we collected surface water samples from sites upstream and downstream of two WWTP discharge points in an urban watershed in the Bryan-College Station (BCS), Texas area, over a period of nine months. E. coli isolates were tested for resistance to ampicillin, tetracycline, sulfamethoxazole, …
Elevated Incidences Of Antimicrobial Resistance And Multidrug Resistance In The Maumee River (Ohio, Usa), A Major Tributary Of Lake Erie, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Leah Marie, Cheyenne Liles, Nadia Mustafa, George Bullerjahn, Terry J. Gentry, John P. Brooks
Elevated Incidences Of Antimicrobial Resistance And Multidrug Resistance In The Maumee River (Ohio, Usa), A Major Tributary Of Lake Erie, Maitreyee Mukherjee, Leah Marie, Cheyenne Liles, Nadia Mustafa, George Bullerjahn, Terry J. Gentry, John P. Brooks
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Maumee River, the major tributary in the western basin of Lake Erie, serves as one of major sources of freshwater in the area, supplying potable, recreational, and industrial water. In this study we collected water samples from four sites in the Maumee River Bay between 2016–2017 and E. coli was isolated, enumerated, and analyzed for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and multidrug resistance (MDR). Strikingly, 95% of the total isolates were found to be resistant to at least one antibiotic. A very high resistance to the drugs cephalothin (95.3%), ampicillin (38.3%), tetracycline (8.8%), gentamicin (8.2%), ciprofloxacin (4.2%), cefoperazone (4%), and sulfamethoxazole (1.5%) …