1. The potential of using E. coli as an indicator for the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment
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Muna F Anjum, Heike Schmitt, Stefan Börjesson, Thomas U Berendonk, Erica Donner, Eliana Guedes Stehling, Patrick Boerlin, Edward Topp, Claire Jardine, Xuewen Li, Bing Li, Monika Dolejska, Jean-Yves Madec, Christophe Dagot, Sebastian Guenther, Fiona Walsh, Laura Villa, Kees Veldman, Marianne Sunde, Pawel Krzeminski, Dariusz Wasyl, Magdalena Popowska, Josef Järhult, Stefan Örn, Olfa Mahjoub, Wejdene Mansour, Đinh Nho Thái, Josefine Elving, and Karl Pedersen
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Host Pathogen Interaction & Diagnostics ,Microbiology (medical) ,Bacteriologie ,Bacteriology ,Monitoring system ,Bacteriology, Host Pathogen Interaction & Diagnostics ,Biology ,Microbiology ,Host Pathogen Interactie & Diagnostiek ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Human health ,Infectious Diseases ,Antibiotic resistance ,Bacteriologie, Host Pathogen Interactie & Diagnostiek ,Drug Resistance, Bacterial ,Environmental monitoring ,Escherichia coli ,Life Science ,Animals ,Humans ,Environmental planning ,Escherichia coli Infections - Abstract
To understand the dynamics of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), in a One-Health perspective, surveillance play an important role. Monitoring systems already exist in the human health and livestock sectors, but there are no environmental monitoring programs. Therefore there is an urgent need to initiate environmental AMR monitoring programs nationally and globally, which will complement existing systems in different sectors. However, environmental programs should not only identify anthropogenic influences and levels of AMR, but they should also allow for identification of transmissions to and from human and animal populations. In the current review we therefore propose using antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli as indicators for monitoring occurrence and levels of AMR in the environment, including wildlife.
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- 2021