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Influence of a non-hospital medical care facility on antimicrobial resistance in wastewater.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Bäumlisberger Mathias, Youssar Loubna, Schilhabel Markus B, Jonas Daniel
Abstract excerpt
The global widespread use of antimicrobials and accompanying increase in resistant bacterial strains is of major public health concern. Wastewater systems and wastewater treatment plants are considered a niche for antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs), with diverse microbial communities facilitating ARG transfer via mobile genetic element (MGE). In contrast to hospital sewage, wastewater from other health care...
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