Antimicrobial resistance screening and profiles: A glimpse from the South African perspective

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dc.contributor.authorGenthe, Bettina
dc.contributor.authorNdlela, L.
dc.contributor.authorMadlala, T.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-06T09:08:36Z
dc.date.available2022-06-06T09:08:36Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAccording to the Centre for Disease Dynamics Economics and Policy, South Africa represents a paradox of antibiotic management similar to other developing countries, with both overuse and underuse (resulting from lack of access) of antibiotics. In addition, wastewater reuse may contribute towards antibiotic resistance through selective pressure that increases resistance in native bacteria and on clinically relevant bacteria, increasing resistance profiles of the common pathogens. Sediments of surface water bodies and wastewater sludge provide a place where antibiotic resistance genes are transferred to other bacteria. Crop irrigation is thought to be a potential source of exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria through the transfer from the water or sludge into crops. The objectives of this study were to examine the antibiotic-resistance profiles of Escherishia coli from three agricultural locations in the Western Cape, South Africa. Using a classical microbiology culture approach, the resistance profiles of E. coli species isolated from river water and sediments, farm dams and their sediments and a passive algal wastewater treatment ponds and sediment used for crop irrigation were assessed for resistance to 13 commonly used antibiotics. Randomly selected E. coli isolates from the sediment and water were tested for resistance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGenthe, B. et al. (2020). Antimicrobial resistance screening and profiles: A glimpse from the South African perspective. Journal of Water and Health, 18 (6), 925–936. https://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2020.034en_US
dc.identifier.issn1477-8920
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2166/wh.2020.034
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7496
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIWA Publishingen_US
dc.subjectAgriculture irrigation wateren_US
dc.subjectAntibiotic resistant bacteriaen_US
dc.subjectRiver wateren_US
dc.subjectWastewateren_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleAntimicrobial resistance screening and profiles: A glimpse from the South African perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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