Emergence of NDM-1-producing Raoultella ornithinolytica from reservoir water in Northeast Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Antibiotic resistance is a major global health threat. The increasing prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious challenge to the effective treatment of infections in both humans and animals. Water is a major source of human and animal exposure to bacteria, and the presence of drug-resistant bacteria in water could present a severe threat to public health and animal production. This study investigated the presence of drug-resistant bacteria in Lam Pao Dam (LPD) water in Kalasin, Thailand.

Materials and methods

Ampicillin-resistant strains were obtained from LPD water and identified using 16s rDNA sequencing. Antibiotic resistance genes were detected by polymerase chain reaction using specific primers. The presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteri

SUBMITTER: Karnmongkol C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10750751 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature