Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Pathogens in an Intensive Care Unit

Golli, Andreea-Loredana; Zlatian, Ovidiu Mircea; Cara, Monica Laura; Olteanu, Mădălina

doi:10.3390/ph17040407

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“…Although the pandemic was significantly reduced, bacterial infections with resistant microorganisms continued to persist, especially in hospital units. Thus, various In Romanian clinics, the COVID-19 pandemic marked an increased number of Gramnegative pathogenic bacilli compared to the previous period, where Gram-positive cocci were more common [28,29]. This observation corroborated with a higher COVID-19 incidence in Timisoara, where the bacterial load had more interaction with larger amounts of pharmaceuticals, which generated resistant bacteria that ended up in natural streams (downstream) compared to the bacterial load upstream.…”

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COVID-19 Pandemic Modulates the Environmental Contamination Level of Enteric Bacteria from WWTPs

Banciu,

Pascu,

Stoica

et al. 2024

Water

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The COVID-19 pandemic was a challenge for the whole world, and it had major secondary effects on humans and environmental health. The viral infection induced, in many situations, secondary bacterial infections, especially enteric infections, by destabilizing the balance of the gastrointestinal microbiota. The large-scale use of antibiotics and biocides for both curative and preventive purposes has resulted in an increase in bacterial resistance, and at the same time, the possibility of pathogenic microorganism multiplication and their dissemination to natural environments. Wastewater is the main vector of fecal microorganisms that favors their dissemination into natural aquatic ecosystems. The present paper aims to analyze the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the microbiological quality of wastewater from sewage treatment plants in Romania and its impact on receiving rivers. In order to highlight different and important areas in Romania, three cities from the east, center and west were selected for a microbiological evaluation of their WWTP influents and effluents from the pre-COVID-19 period and during the COVID-19 pandemic peak period, when the COVID-19 pandemic had a direct impact on WWTP microbial compositions. Our study shows that a higher level of contamination with fecal bacteria is linked to a higher COVID-19 incidence. The increased usage of pharmaceutical compounds, in turn, increases the number of resistant bacteria reaching the environment via WWTP effluents.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Modulates the Environmental Contamination Level of Enteric Bacteria from WWTPs

Banciu,

Pascu,

Stoica

et al. 2024

Water

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric bloodstream infections and alteration in antimicrobial resistance phenotypes in Gram-positive bacteria, 2020–2022

Fallah,

Karimi,

Azimi

et al. 2024

BMC Pediatr

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COVID-19 Pandemic Modulates the Environmental Contamination Level with Enteric Bacteria from WWTPs

Banciu,

Pascu,

Stoica

et al. 2024

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The Covid-19 pandemic was a challenge for the whole world and it had major second-ary effects on the health of the population and the environment. The viral infection caused, in many situations, secondary bacterial infections, especially enteric infections by destabilizing the balance of the gastrointestinal microbiota. The large-scale use of antibiotics and biocides both for curative and preventive purposes has determined an increase in bacterial resistance and at the same time the possibility of the multiplica-tion of pathogenic microorganisms and their transfer in natural environments. Wastewater is the main vector of faecal microorganisms that favour their dissemina-tion in natural aquatic ecosystems. The present paper represents a sub-study of the RADAR project with the aim of demonstrating the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the microbiological quality of wastewater from sewage treatment plants in Romania and its impact on receiving rivers. In order to highlight different and important areas of Romania, 3 cities from the east, center and west were selected for the evaluation of microbiological quality of influent and effluent sewage in WWTPs between ante-Covid-19 and the peak period of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the Covid-19 pandemic had a direct consequence on WWTPs processes. Our study showed the high-er contamination with fecal bacteria based on higher Covid-19 incidence. The in-creased usage of pharmaceutical compounds, at their turn, increased the number of resistant bacteria reaching the environment via WWTP effluents.

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Pre- and Post-COVID-19 Antimicrobial Resistance Pattern of Pathogens in an Intensive Care Unit

Cited by 3 publications

References 33 publications

COVID-19 Pandemic Modulates the Environmental Contamination Level of Enteric Bacteria from WWTPs

COVID-19 Pandemic Modulates the Environmental Contamination Level of Enteric Bacteria from WWTPs

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric bloodstream infections and alteration in antimicrobial resistance phenotypes in Gram-positive bacteria, 2020–2022

COVID-19 Pandemic Modulates the Environmental Contamination Level with Enteric Bacteria from WWTPs

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