Monitoring of Water Quality, Antibiotic Residues, and Antibiotic-Resistant Escherichiacoli in the Kshipra River in India over a 3-Year Period.

ABSTRACT: The emergence of antibiotic resistance is a major global and environmental health issue, yet the presence of antibiotic residues and resistance in the water and sediment of a river subjected to excessive anthropogenic activities and their relationship with water quality of the river are not well studied. The objectives of the present study were a) to investigate the occurrence of antibiotic residues and antibiotic-resistant Escherichiacoli (E.coli) in the water and sediment of the Kshipra river in India at seven selected sites during different seasons of the years 2014, 2015, and 2016 and b) to investigate the association between antibiotic residues and antibiotic-resistant E.coli in water and sediment and measured water quality parameters of the river. Antibiotic residues and resistant E.

SUBMITTER: Hanna N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7659961 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature