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Tracking down antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in a wastewater network.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Slekovec Céline, Plantin Julie, Cholley Pascal, Thouverez Michelle, Talon Daniel, Bertrand Xavier, Hocquet Didier
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The Pseudomonas aeruginosa-containing wastewater released by hospitals is treated by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), generating sludge, which is used as a fertilizer, and effluent, which is discharged into rivers. We evaluated the risk of dissemination of antibiotic-resistant P. aeruginosa (AR-PA) from the hospital to the environment via the wastewater network. Over a 10-week period, we sampled weekly 11...
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