Existing evidence on antibiotic resistance exposure and transmission to humans from the environment: a systematic map.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is predicted to become the leading cause of death by 2050 with antibiotic resistance being an important component. Anthropogenic pollution introduces antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) to the natural environment. Currently, there is limited empirical evidence demonstrating whether humans are exposed to environmental AMR and whether this exposure can result in measurable human health outcomes. In recent years there has been increasing interest in the role of the environment and disparate evidence on transmission of AMR to humans has been generated but there has been no systematic attempt to summarise this. We aim to create two systematic maps that will collate the evidence for (1) the transmission of a

SUBMITTER: Stanton IC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917330 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature