Exposure to and colonisation by antibiotic-resistant E. coli in UK coastal water users: Environmental surveillance, exposure assessment, and epidemiological study (Beach Bum Survey)

Autor:	Anne F C, Leonard, Lihong, Zhang, Andrew J, Balfour, Ruth, Garside, Peter M, Hawkey, Aimee K, Murray, Obioha C, Ukoumunne, William H, Gaze
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Cross-Sectional Studies Drug Resistance Bacterial Escherichia coli Humans Environmental Exposure Bathing Beaches Swimming United Kingdom Environmental Monitoring
Zdroj:	Environment international. 114
ISSN:	1873-6750
Popis:	Antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) present a global public health problem. With numbers of community-acquired resistant infections increasing, understanding the mechanisms by which people are exposed to and colonised by ARB can help inform effective strategies to prevent their spread. The role natural environments play in this is poorly understood. This is the first study to combine surveillance of ARB in bathing waters, human exposure estimates and association between exposure and colonisation by ARB in water users.97 bathing water samples from England and Wales were analysed for the proportion of E. coli harbouring bla11 of 97 bathing waters sampled were found to contain blaSurfers are at risk of exposure to and colonisation by clinically important antibiotic-resistant E. coli in coastal waters. Further research must be done on the role natural environments play in the transmission of ARB.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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