Wastewater treatment plants, an “escape gate” for ESCAPE pathogens

LG Marutescu, M Popa, I Gheorghe-Barbu… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotics are an essential tool of modern medicine, contributing to significantly decreasing
mortality and morbidity rates from infectious diseases. However, persistent misuse of these …

From blood to regenerative tissue: how autologous platelet-rich fibrin can be combined with other materials to ensure controlled drug and growth factor release

K Egle, I Salma, A Dubnika - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this review is to examine the latest literature on the use of autologous
platelet-rich fibrin as a drug and growth factor carrier system in maxillofacial surgery …

Technological advancement for eliminating antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater: A review of their mechanisms and progress

AS Ezeuko, MO Ojemaye, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotics resistance genes (ARGs) concurrence with antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) has
been identified globally as contaminants that threaten public health. These contaminants …

Compost-derived humic and fulvic acid coupling with Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 for the bioreduction of Cr (Ⅵ)

K Li, A Shahab, J Li, H Huang, X Sun, S You… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The compost-derived humic acids (HA) and fulvic acids (FA) contain abundant active
functional groups with strong redox capacity, which can function as an electron shuttles for …

From gut to mud: dissemination of antimicrobial resistance between animal and agricultural niches

NB Jadeja, A Worrich - Environmental Microbiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With increasing reports on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans, animals and the
environment, we are at risk of returning to a pre‐antibiotic era. Therefore, AMR is recognized …

Potentials of metallic nanoparticles for the removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes from wastewater: A critical review

AS Ezeuko, MO Ojemaye, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - Journal of Water Process …, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, the challenges with extensive consumption and improper disposal of antibiotics
have become a menace to public health. This anomaly has contributed to the emergence …

Performance efficiency of conventional treatment plants and constructed wetlands towards reduction of antibiotic resistance

M Hazra, LM Durso - Antibiotics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Domestic and industrial wastewater discharges harbor rich bacterial communities, including
both pathogenic and commensal organisms that are antibiotic-resistant (AR). AR pathogens …

Human microbiota drives hospital-associated antimicrobial resistance dissemination in the urban environment and mirrors patient case rates

C Salazar, M Giménez, N Riera, A Parada, J Puig… - Microbiome, 2022 - Springer
Background The microbial community composition of urban environments is primarily
determined by human activity. The use of metagenomics to explore how microbial …

[HTML][HTML] The effectiveness of silver nanoparticles as a clean-up material for water polluted with bacteria DNA conveying antibiotics resistance genes: Effect of different …

AS Ezeuko, MO Ojemaye, OO Okoh, AI Okoh - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
This study employed silver nanoparticles to remove DNA conveying antibiotic resistance
genes from water. Three different molar concentrations of silver nanoparticles represented …

Insights into the biogeochemical transformation, environmental impacts and biochar-based soil decontamination of antimony

R Safeer, G Liu, B Yousaf, A Ashraf, MIS Haider… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Every year, a significant amount of antimony (Sb) enters the environment from natural and
anthropogenic sources like mining, smelting, industrial operations, ore processing, vehicle …