ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE SPREAD IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS

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YOUNG, HK
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[1] Department of Biological Sciences, Univesity of Dundee
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10.1093/jac/31.5.627
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R51 [传染病];
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100401 ;
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The increased use of antimicrobials in farming, together with the practice of raw sewage discharge into receiving waters, has resulted in a significant increase in the numbers of antibiotic resistant bacteria present in aquatic environments. The role of this environment to act, not only as a reservoir of clinical resistance genes, but also as a medium for the spread and evolution of resistance genes and their vectors, is discussed. © 1993 The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy.
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