Open AccessInvestigating the relationship between extended spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli in the environment and food chains with the presence of this infection in people suspected of septicemia: Using the fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis
Author(s) -
Babak Eshrati,
Hamid Reza Baradaran,
Seyed Abbas Motevalian,
Ali Majidpour,
Mina Boustanshenas,
Somayeh Soleymanzadeh Moghadam,
Yousef Moradi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of environmental health science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.447
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 2052-336X
DOI - 10.1007/s40201-020-00567-9
Subject(s) - sewage , escherichia coli , contamination , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , food chain , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , environmental health , biology , environmental engineering , environmental science , ecology , biochemistry , gene
Among antibiotic resistance cases, resistance to β-lactam antibiotics is a major concern for the treatment of microbial infections. Furthermore, the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) Escherichia coli (E. coli) in environment, food, and human resources of Iran has increased over the past few years. This study aimed to predict the relationship between the prevalence of ESBL E. coli in the environment and the food chains with the presence of this infection in people suspected of septicemia using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis model.