The aquatic environments play a critical function in the widespread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, ultimately impacting human health. We evaluated abundance Enterobacteriaceae and various resistance gene determinants final effluents wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) Eastern Cape Province, Republic South Africa. A total 44 presumptive was recovered following standard isolation methods. Upon...

BACKGROUND The already high and increasing occurrence of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) producing Escherichia coli in European broiler populations is of concern due to the fact that third and fourth generation cephalosporins are deemed critically important in human medicine. In Sweden 34% of the broilers carry ESBL/pAmpC producing E. coli in their gut, despite the absence of a known s...

INTRODUCTION Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) has been found all over the world, and risk factors for acquiring these bacteria involve hospital care and antibiotic treatment. Surveillance studies are present in Europe, North America, and Asia, but there is no summarizing research published on the situation in Africa. AIM This review aims to describe the pr...

There is growing evidence that Enterobacteriaceae harboring clinically relevant bla genes, especially genes encoding the CTX-M family of extended-spectrum -lactamases (ESBLs), have spread into the environment (1). The purposes of this study were (i) to investigate the occurrence of expanded-spectrum-cephalosporinresistant Enterobacteriaceae in intestines of fish captured from Lake Zürich and La...

TO THE EDITOR—We read with interest the correspondence from Collignon and Kennedy [1] regarding the duration of carriage of resistant bacteria after travelers return from tropical regions. The authors discussed the divergence in duration using a study they published in 2010 [2] and the VOYAG-R study [3]. While the overall design of both studies is similar, some key points are not. Importantly, ...

Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp. and Acinetobacter spp. are important human pathogens. Serious infections due to these organisms are usually treated with extended-spectrum cephalosporins (ESCs). However, in the past two decades we have faced a rapid increasing of infections and colonization caused by ESC-resistant (ESC-R) isolates due to production of extended-spectrum-β-lactamases (ESBLs), pl...

Abstract Background The discovery of the superbug mcr-1 -positive Escherichia coli (MCRPEC) has drew greet attention. Swine-origin multi-drug resistant MCRPEC been a potential threat to public health and safety. However, there were few detailed studies have reported on swine in Guangxi, South China. Results In this study, thirty-three strains detected from 142 E. 116 samples Guangxi 2018. Which...