Wastewater Surveillance and Detection of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Pathogens

A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817). This special issue belongs to the section "Bacterial Pathogens".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 56

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Interests: antimicrobial resistance ecological perspective; environmental multidrug-resistant bacteria spread
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Dear Colleagues,

Wastewater microbiome mirrors the intestinal colonization of a population in a geographic area, revealing the epidemiological markers of antimicrobial resistance spread. The detection of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens and commensals is accomplished with the wastewater surveillance of relevant threats. Antimicrobial resistance spread is majorly influenced by the intestinal colonization of a population with antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Wastewater surveillance represents a relevant approach for multidrug-resistance knowledge as a management tool for the detection of hidden threats. The “One-Health” approach of antimicrobial resistance needs to consider wastewater as a useful compartment to interpret spread and impact in natural environments, which is relevant from epidemiological and ecological points of view.

Dr. Helena Ferreira
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Keywords

  • environmental antimicrobial resistance spread
  • epidemiology of multidrug-resistant bacteria
  • wastewater surveillance

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