Antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital wastewater in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25310%2F22%3A39918991" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25310/22:39918991 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/20/4/692/88198/Antibiotic-resistance-of-Pseudomonas-aeruginosa" target="_blank" >https://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/20/4/692/88198/Antibiotic-resistance-of-Pseudomonas-aeruginosa</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wh.2022.101" target="_blank" >10.2166/wh.2022.101</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Antibiotic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospital wastewater in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Resistant bacteria may leave the hospital environment through wastewater. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, due to its intrinsic resistance to many antibiotics and its ability to easily acquire antibiotic resistance determinants, poses a significant threat to public health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the antibiotic resistance profiles of cultivated P. aeruginosa in untreated hospital effluents in the Czech Republic. Fifty-nine P. aeruginosa strains isolated from six hospital wastewaters were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility through the disc diffusion method against seven antimicrobial agents. Resistance was found in all antibiotics tested. The highest resistance values were observed for ciprofloxacin (30.5%), gentamicin (28.8%), and meropenem (27.2%). The P. aeruginosa isolates also exhibited resistance to ceftazidime (11.5%), amikacin (11.5%), piperacillin-tazobactam (11.5%), and aztreonam (8.5%). Seventeen strains of P. aeruginosa (28.8%) were classified as multidrug-resistant (MDR). The results of this study revealed that antibiotic-resistant strains are commonly present in hospital wastewater and are resistant to clinically relevant antipseudomonal drugs. In the absence of an appropriate treatment process for hospital wastewater, resistant bacteria are released directly into public sewer networks, where they can serve as potential vectors for the spread of antibiotic resistance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10606 - Microbiology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Water and Health
ISSN
1477-8920
e-ISSN
1996-7829
Volume of the periodical
20
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
692-701
UT code for WoS article
000781791400001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85129779521