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Environmental Project no. 722, 2002

Occurrence and fate of antibiotic resistant bacteria in sewage

Abstract
In this project different aspects concerning the occurrence and fate of
antibiotic resistant bacteria in the sewage were investigated. The
results of the project indicate that the occurrence of antibiotic
resistant bacteria can be increased by the discharge of waste effluent
from pharmaceutical plants. The study was conducted on a single
pharmaceutical plant. Furthermore investigation indicates that sewage
treatment causes a reduction in the number of resistant bacteria and
finally, resistant strains isolated from treated sewage were investigated
for their ability to survive in natural waters and retain antibiotic
resistant.

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