Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

Pärnänen, Katariina; Narciso‐da‐Rocha, Carlos; Kneis, David; U. Berendonk, Thomas; Cacace, Damiano; Thùy, Thị; Elpers, Christian; Fatta‐Kassinos, Despo; Henriques, Isabel; Jaeger, Thomas; Karkman, Antti; Luis Martínez, José; G. Michael, Stella; Michael-Kordatou, I.; O’Sullivan, Kristin; Rodríguez‐Mozaz, Sara; Schwartz, Thomas; Sheng, Hongjie; Sørum, Henning; D. Stedtfeld, Robert; M. Tiedje, James; Varela Della Giustina, Saulo; Walsh, Fiona; Vaz‐Moreira, Ivone; Virta, Marko; M. Manaia, Célia

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau9124

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Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

Published in Science Advances • Mar 1, 2019

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Katariina Pärnänen

Carlos Narciso‐da‐Rocha

David Kneis

Abstract

Integrated antibiotic resistance (AR) surveillance is one of the objectives of the World Health Organization global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. Urban wastewater treatment plants (UWTPs) are among the most important receptors and sources of environmental AR. On the basis of the consisten...

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Antibiotic resistance

Antibiotics

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