We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria in waters associated with a hospital in Ujjain, India.
- Authors
Diwan, Vishal; Tamhankar, Ashok J; Khandal, Rakesh K; Sen, Shanta; Aggarwal, Manjeet; Marothi, Yogyata; Iyer, Rama V; Sundblad-Tonderski, Karin; Stålsby-Lundborg, Cecilia
- Abstract
Concerns have been raised about the public health implications of the presence of antibiotic residues in the aquatic environment and their effect on the development of bacterial resistance. While there is information on antibiotic residue levels in hospital effluent from some other countries, information on antibiotic residue levels in effluent from Indian hospitals is not available. Also, concurrent studies on antibiotic prescription quantity in a hospital and antibiotic residue levels and resistant bacteria in the effluent of the same hospital are few. Therefore, we quantified antibiotic residues in waters associated with a hospital in India and assessed their association, if any, with quantities of antibiotic prescribed in the hospital and the susceptibility of Escherichia coli found in the hospital effluent.
- Publication
BMC public health, 2010, Vol 10, p414
- ISSN
1471-2458
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-10-414