Open AccessWaste water effluent contributes to the dissemination of CTX-M-15 in the natural environment
Author(s) -
Gregory C. A. Amos,
Peter M. Hawkey,
William H. Gaze,
Elizabeth M. H. Wellington
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku079
Subject(s) - effluent , sewage , biology , enterobacteriaceae , plasmid , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , bacteria , escherichia coli , ecology , antibiotics , gene , environmental science , environmental engineering , genetics
Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae pose a significant threat to public health. We aimed to study the impact of sewage treatment effluent on antibiotic resistance reservoirs in a river.
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