Antimicrobials and antibiotic-resistant bacteria: a risk to the environment and to public health

L Serwecińska - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
The release of antibiotics to the environment, and the consequences of the presence of
persistent antimicrobial residues in ecosystems, have been the subject of numerous studies …

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 …

Horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in clinical environments

NA Lerminiaux, ADS Cameron - Canadian journal of …, 2019 - cdnsciencepub.com
A global medical crisis is unfolding as antibiotics lose effectiveness against a growing
number of bacterial pathogens. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) contributes significantly to …

Microbiome composition modulates secondary metabolism in a multispecies bacterial community

MG Chevrette, CS Thomas, A Hurley… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial secondary metabolites are a major source of antibiotics and other bioactive
compounds. In microbial communities, these molecules can mediate interspecies …

Antibiotic resistance in the aquatic environment: analytical techniques and interactive impact of emerging contaminants

CO Okoye, R Nyaruaba, RE Ita, SU Okon… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic pollution is becoming an increasingly severe threat globally. Antibiotics have
emerged as a new class of environmental pollutants due to their expanding usage and …

Plant-based phytochemicals as possible alternative to antibiotics in combating bacterial drug resistance

HMA AlSheikh, I Sultan, V Kumar, IA Rather… - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The unprecedented use of antibiotics that led to development of resistance affect human
health worldwide. Prescription of antibiotics imprudently and irrationally in different diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Presence of antibiotic residues in various environmental compartments of Shandong province in eastern China: its potential for resistance development and …

N Hanna, P Sun, Q Sun, X Li, X Yang, X Ji, H Zou… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the occurrence of antibiotic residues in different types of
environmental samples including water samples in rural Shandong province, China. Further …

[HTML][HTML] Development of botanicals to combat antibiotic resistance

PD Gupta, TJ Birdi - Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
The discovery of antibiotics in the previous century lead to reduction in mortality and
morbidity due to infectious diseases but their inappropriate and irrational use has resulted in …

Microbiological effects of sublethal levels of antibiotics

DI Andersson, D Hughes - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014 - nature.com
The widespread use of antibiotics results in the generation of antibiotic concentration
gradients in humans, livestock and the environment. Thus, bacteria are frequently exposed …

Impact of antibiotics on the human microbiome and consequences for host health

DV Patangia, C Anthony Ryan, E Dempsey… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
It is well established that the gut microbiota plays an important role in host health and is
perturbed by several factors including antibiotics. Antibiotic‐induced changes in microbial …