Fecal indicators resistance to antimicrobial agents present in municipal wastewater

Aneta Łuczkiewicz; Krystyna Olańczuk-Neyman; Ewa Felis; Aleksandra Ziembińska; Anna Gnida; Joanna Surmacz-Górska

doi:10.1201/b14894-25

Fecal indicators resistance to antimicrobial agents present in municipal wastewater

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In this study removal rate of six antimicrobial compounds (belonging to folate pathway inhibitors and macrolides class) was analyzed in processes of local wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) together with susceptibility patterns of erythromycin (E) resistant Enterococcus spp. and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (SXT) resistant Escherichia coli. According to the obtained data, six of tested antimicrobial agents, namely erythromycin, clarithromycin, trimethoprim, roxithromycin, sulfamethoxazole and N-acetyl-sulfamethoxazole were detected in both raw and treated wastewater samples. Among tested E. coli resistance to SXT was highly correlated with resistance to penicillins as well as to tetracycline (88% and 75%, respectively) while E-resistant E. faecalis and E. faecium showed significant differences in resistance patterns. Among tested isolates of wastewater origin resistance phenotype of clinical importance were detected. Thus, further study is needed to evaluate dissemination of antimicrobial resistance via treated wastewater.

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Aneta Łuczkiewicz prof. dr hab. inż.
Krystyna Olańczuk-Neyman prof. dr hab. inż.
Ewa Felis
- Silesian University of Tehnology Faculty of Engery and Environmental Engineering
Aleksandra Ziembińska
- Silesian University of Tehnology Faculty of Engery and Environmental Engineering
Anna Gnida
- Silesian University of Tehnology Faculty of Engery and Environmental Engineering
Joanna Surmacz-Górska
- Silesian University of Tehnology Faculty of Engery and Environmental Engineering

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Category:: Conference activity
Type:: materiały konferencyjne indeksowane w Web of Science
Title of issue:: Conference on Environmental Engineering IV strony 151 - 159
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2013
Bibliographic description:: Łuczkiewicz A., Olańczuk-Neyman K., Felis E., Ziembińska A., Gnida A., Surmacz-Górska J..: Fecal indicators resistance to antimicrobial agents present in municipal wastewater, W: Conference on Environmental Engineering IV, 2013, Taylor & Francis Group,.
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1201/b14894-25
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