The presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria along the River Lagan

Isolation of Environmental Bacteria from Surface and Drinking Water in Mafikeng, South Africa, and Characterization Using Their Antibiotic Resistance Profiles

“…The trend was in accordance with earlier studies that showed resistance towards β -lactam, macrolides, and phenicols [41, 42]. All the isolates from all the sites were resistant to erythromycin which was in accordance with the study conducted by [20] where most isolates were also resistant to erythromycin and tetracycline (92.9%). A large percentage (60%–100%) of isolates were also resistant to trimethoprim and ampicillin.…”

“…This is supported by previous studies which obtained similar results [19, 20]. Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) in E. coli and Pseudomonas spp.…”

“…Antibiotic resistance has therefore become a major public health issue [20] and its presence in waste water, surface water, and drinking water is well documented [19–22]. The hazard associated with the pathogenicity of microbes is aggravated by its ability to resist destruction by antibiotics.…”

Occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals in WWTPs in India and comparison with a similar study in the United States

“…In WWTPs, a large variety of pharmaceuticals undergo a series of reactions resulting in a complex mixture of daughter compounds (Bound and Voulvoulis, 2005;Zuccato et al, 2005) that may produce synergetic effects and become more bioactive than the parent compounds. At environmentally relevant concentrations, some of these pharmaceuticals can adversely affect phytoplankton and algal growth, can cause reproductive defects in aquatic wildlife, including sex reversals, production of intersex individuals, alterations in mating, and prevention of gonadal maturation, and can aid in development of antibiotic resistance in bacteria ('superbugs') (Diwan et al, 2010;Huber et al, 2005;Moore et al, 2010).…”

Spectroscopic study of degradation products of ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin and lomefloxacin formed in ozonated wastewater

“…The occurrence and environmental behavior of antibiotics, notably fluoroquinolones, sulfonamides, tetracyclines and macrolides have become an increasingly important issue due to the promotion by these compounds of the antibiotic resistance within the native bacterial populations in the impacted environments (Huber et al, 2005;Diwan et al, 2010;Moore et al, 2010). The increased resistance can then be transferred by plasmids to other bacterial populations, including human pathogens, as has been reported for tetracycline (Chee-Sanford et al, 2001;Rysz and Alvarez, 2004).…”