Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in drinking water

Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria: A Factor to be Considered in Safe Drinking Water

Wastewater management has been subjected to different treatment technologies using chemical and biological techniques for several decades in order to protect the environment and public health. Biological treatment is based on microbial capability to reduce the pathogens load to achieve the lowest environmental as well as public health risks. However, such treatment is often neglecting the fact ...

SCREENING FOR ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT BACTERIA IN URINE SAMPLES

Chronic urinary tract infections are often caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria. In some of these cases, prediction of the most effective antibiotic (s) may urgently be needed. This can not be achieved unless the nature and patterns of the resistance to antibiotics among the pathogenic bacteria has been described earlier. The urine samples that reached the laboratory of Shaheed Mustafa K...

Impacts of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Antibiotic-Resistant Enteric Bacteria in Environmental Waters

Sources of antibiotic resistant organisms, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), may lead to environmental surface and groundwater contamination with resistant enteric bacteria of public health concern. The objective of this research is to determine whether Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Yersinia enterocolitica, and enterococci resistant to clinically relevant antibiotics are...

Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichia coli in Drinking Water Sources in Hangzhou City

This study investigated the distribution of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli (E. coli) and examined the possible relationship between water quality parameters and antibiotic resistance from two different drinking water sources (the Qiantang River and the Dongtiao Stream) in Hangzhou city of China. E. coli isolates were tested for their susceptibility to 18 antibiotics. Most of the isolates...