Antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli prevalence in freshwaters in Belgium and human exposure risk assessment
peer reviewed ; The objective of this work was to evaluate the antimicrobial resistant (AR) E. coli prevalence in recreational waters in Belgium and to assess the exposure risk for bathers. Nine stations were sampled during the 2021 bathing season. A total of 912 E. coli strains were isolated and tested by the disk diffusion method in accordance with EUCAST recommendations, including ExtendedSpectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) production. AR E. coli were counted at each bathing sites, 24% of strains were resistant to at least one antibiotic and 6% were Multi-Drug Resistant (MDR). A Multiple Antibio... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Elsevier BV
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Schlagwörter: | Antibiotic resistance / Recreational water / Bathing water / Water quality / Wallonia / Human health exposure risk assessment / Life sciences / Environmental sciences & ecology / Sciences du vivant / Sciences de l’environnement & écologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28863019 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/303366 |