Antibiotic pollution in the environment: from microbial ecology to public policy

SA Kraemer, A Ramachandran, GG Perron - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
The ability to fight bacterial infections with antibiotics has been a longstanding cornerstone
of modern medicine. However, wide-spread overuse and misuse of antibiotics has led to …

Insects represent a link between food animal farms and the urban environment for antibiotic resistance traits

L Zurek, A Ghosh - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections result in higher patient mortality rates, prolonged
hospitalizations, and increased health care costs. Extensive use of antibiotics as growth …

Cockroaches and food-borne pathogens

ES Donkor - Environmental health insights, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Food-borne disease is a widespread and escalating public health problem globally. About a
quarter of the microorganisms isolated from cockroaches are food-borne pathogens …

Contamination of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattaria) by medically important bacteriae: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Nasirian - Journal of medical entomology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cockroaches have the potential to disseminate bacteria in their environments and therefore
a systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to assess the state-of-the-art of our …

Nosocomial pathogens: an in-depth analysis of the vectorial potential of cockroaches

E S. Donkor - Tropical medicine and infectious disease, 2019 - mdpi.com
Nosocomial or healthcare-associated infections are regarded as the most frequent adverse
event that threatens patients' safety and has serious economic and social consequences …

Community acquired urinary tract infections among adults in Accra, Ghana

ES Donkor, PZ Horlortu, NTKD Dayie… - Infection and Drug …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most common bacterial infectious
diseases encountered in clinical practice, and accounts for significant morbidity and high …

Getting insight into the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in specimens of marketed edible insects

V Milanović, A Osimani, M Pasquini, L Aquilanti… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study was aimed at investigating the occurrence of 11 transferable antibiotic resistance
(AR) genes [erm (A), erm (B), erm (C), vanA, vanB, tet (M), tet (O), tet (S), tet (K), mecA, blaZ] …

Understanding the role of insects in the acquisition and transmission of antibiotic resistance

N Rawat, B Sabu, R Jamwal, PP Devi, K Yadav… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a global healthcare threat that requires a comprehensive
assessment. Poorly regulated antibiotic stewardship in clinical and non-clinical settings has …

Household cockroaches carry CTX-M-15-, OXA-48-and NDM-1-producing enterobacteria, and share beta-lactam resistance determinants with humans

N Obeng-Nkrumah, AK Labi, H Blankson… - BMC microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Background This study was designed to investigate whether household cockroaches harbor
cephalosporin-resistant enterobacteria that share resistance determinants with human …

A systematic review of zoonotic enteric parasites carried by flies, cockroaches, and dung beetles

A Patel, M Jenkins, K Rhoden, AN Barnes - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Filth flies, cockroaches, and dung beetles have been close neighbors with humans and
animals throughout our joint histories. However, these insects can also serve as vectors for …