An African perspective on the prevalence, fate and effects of carbapenem resistance genes in hospital effluents and wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) final effluents: A critical review

This article provides an overview of the antibiotic era and discovery of earliest antibiotics until the present day state of affairs, coupled with the emergence of carbapenem-resistant bacteria. The ways of response to challenges of antibiotic resistance (AR) such as the development of novel strateg...

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Main Authors: Kingsley Ehi Ebomah, Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020307441