Wastewater surveillance of antibiotic resistance and class 1 integron-integrase genes: Potential impact of wastewater characteristics on genes profile.

Autor: Shamsizadeh Z; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Larestan University of Medical Sciences, Larestan, Iran.; Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran., Nikaeen M; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran., Mohammadi F; Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran., Farhadkhani M; Educational Development Center, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran., Mokhtari M; Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran., Ehrampoush MH; Environmental Science and Technology Research Center, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Heliyon [Heliyon] 2024 Apr 30; Vol. 10 (9), pp. e29601. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 30 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29601
Abstrakt: Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a major global health concern, but current surveillance efforts primarily focus on healthcare settings, leaving a lack of understanding about AR across all sectors of the One Health approach. To bridge this gap, wastewater surveillance provides a cost-effective and efficient method for monitoring AR within a population. In this study, we implemented a surveillance program by monitoring the wastewater effluent from two large-scale municipal treatment plants situated in Isfahan, a central region of Iran. These treatment plants covered distinct catchment regions and served a combined population about two million of residents. Furthermore, the effect of physicochemical and microbial characteristics of wastewater effluent including biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total suspended solids (TSS), temperature, total coliforms and Escherichia coli concentration on the abundance of ARGs ( bla CTX-M , tet W, sul 1, cml A, and erm B) and class 1 integron-integrase gene ( intI 1) were investigated. Sul 1 and bla CTX-M were the most and least abundant ARGs in the two WWTPs, respectively. Principal Component Analysis showed that in both of the WWTPs all ARGs and intI 1 gene abundance were positively correlated with effluent temperature, but all other effluent characteristics (BOD, COD, TSS, total coliforms and E. coli ) showed no significant correlation with ARGs abundance. Temperature could affect the performance of conventional activated sludge process, which in turn could affect the abundance of ARGs. The results of this study suggest that other factors than BOD, COD and TSS may affect the ARGs abundance. The predicted AR could lead to development of effective interventions and policies to combat AR in the clinical settings. However, further research is needed to determine the relationship between the AR in wastewater and clinical settings as well as the effect of other influential factors on ARGs abundance.
Competing Interests: The authors of the manuscript " Wastewater surveillance of antibiotic resistance and class 1 integron-integrase genes: potential impact of wastewater characteristics on genes profile " declare that they have no conflict of interest.
(© 2024 The Authors.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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