Evidence for selection of multi-resistant E. coli by hospital effluent

There is a risk that residues of antibiotics and other antimicrobials in hospital and municipal wastewaters could select for resistant bacteria. Still, direct experimental evidence for selection is lacking. Here, we investigated if effluent from a large Swedish hospital, as well as influent and effl...

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Main Authors: Nadine Kraupner, Marion Hutinel, Kilian Schumacher, Declan A. Gray, Maja Genheden, Jerker Fick, Carl-Fredrik Flach, D.G. Joakim Larsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Environment International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021000611