Wastewater reveals the levels of antibiotic resistance in a region
Wednesday, March 27, 2019 - 13:10
in Health & Medicine
An international study compares the number of antibiotic resistance genes found in the water treatment plants of Finland, Norway, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus. The results show that the number of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater corresponds with the number of such bacteria found in samples collected from patients in that region, as well as with overall antibiotic consumption in the area.