Computational Model To Quantify the Growth of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Wastewater
Indorica Sutradhar, Carly Ching, Darash Desai, Mark P. Suprenant, Emma Briars, Zachary Heins, Ahmad S. Khalil, Muhammad H. Zaman
Abstract
The rate at which antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has developed and spread throughout the world has increased in recent years, and according to the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance in 2014, it is suggested that the current rate will lead to AMR-related deaths of several million people by 2050 (Review on Antimicrobial Resistance, Tackling a Crisis for the Health and Wealth of Nations , 2014). One major reservoir of resistant bacterial populations that has been linked to outbreaks of drug-resistant bacterial infections but is not well understood is in wastewater settings, where antibiotic pollution is often present.