Characterization of Third Generation Cephalosporin- and Carbapenem-Resistant Aeromonas Isolates from Municipal and Hospital Wastewater.

ABSTRACT: Antibiotic resistance (AR) remains one of the greatest threats to global health, and Aeromonas species have the potential to spread AR in the aquatic environment. The spread of resistance to antibiotics important to human health, such as third-generation cephalosporins (3GCs) and carbapenems, is of great concern. We isolated and identified 15 cefotaxime (3GC)- and 51 carbapenem-resistant Aeromonas spp. from untreated hospital and treated municipal wastewater in January 2020. The most common species were Aeromonas caviae (58%), A. hydrophila (17%), A. media (11%), and A. veronii (11%). Almost all isolates exhibited a multidrug-resistant phenotype and harboured a diverse plasmidome, with the plasmid replicons ColE, IncU, and IncR being the most frequ

SUBMITTER: Drk S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10044312 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature