Using sewage for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
Frank M. Aarestrup, Mark Woolhouse
Abstract
A global system would exploit metagenomic sequencing
Topics & Concepts
Antibiotic resistanceAntimicrobialSewageMicrobiologyResistance (ecology)Environmental scienceBiologyAntibioticsEnvironmental engineeringEcologyPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsAntibiotic Use and ResistanceAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria