Reduced Bacterial Counts from a Sewage Treatment Plant but Increased Counts and Antibiotic Resistance in the Recipient Stream in Accra, Ghana—A Cross-Sectional Study

Reduced Bacterial Counts from a Sewage Treatment Plant but Increased Counts and Antibiotic Resistance in the Recipient Stream in Accra, Ghana—A Cross-Sectional Study

Wastewater treatment plants receive sewage containing high concentrations of bacteria and antibiotics. We assessed bacterial counts and their antibiotic resistance patterns in water from (a) influents and effluents of the Legon sewage treatment plant (STP) in Accra, Ghana and (b) upstream, outfall,...

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Hauptverfasser: Lady A. B. Adomako, Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, Daniel Nukpezah, Arpine Abrahamya, Appiah-Korang Labi, Ruzanna Grigoryan, Hawa Ahmed, Josiah Owusu-Danquah, Ted Yemoh Annang, Regina A. Banu, Mike Y. Osei-Atweneboana, Collins Timire, Hanock Tweya, Stephen E. D. Ackon, Emmanuel Nartey, Rony Zachariah
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
Schriftenreihe:Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Schlagworte:
SORT IT
One Health
operational research
sustainable development goals
antimicrobial resistance
antibiotic residues
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