ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2022
Wastewater surveillance of antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens: A systematic review.
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- Wastewater-Based Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance and Bacterial Communities in Urban and Rural Areas in the Province of Trento (Italy).MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
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- High Detection Frequency of Enteric Pathogens: Insight from Wastewater-Based Epidemiology (WBE) Surveillance Approach in Dakar, Senegal.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
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- Environmental reservoirs account for high levels of carbapenem resistance genes in wastewater.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Catching the Mardi Gras fever: Quantifying the impact of mass gathering tourism on local bacterial prevalence and community diversity in municipal wastewater.Research square · 2026Article
- Tracking ESBL-ProducingVeterinary sciences · 2026Article
- Toward standardized environmental detection of antibiotics and ARGs for regulatory interpretation and concern tiering.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Genetic diversity ofJournal of water and health · 2026Article
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13 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Infectious diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant bacterial (ARB) pathogens are a serious threat to human and animal health. The active surveillance of ARB using an integrated one-health approach can help to reduce the emergence and spread of ARB, reduce the associated economic impact, and guide antimicrobial stewardship programs. Wastewater surveillance (WWS) of ARB provides composite samples for a total population, with easy access to the mixed community microbiome. This concept is emerging rapidly, but the clinical utility, sensitivity, and uniformity of WWS of ARB remain poorly understood especially in relation to clinical evidence in sewershed communities. Here, we systematically searched the literature to identify studies that have compared findings from WWS of ARB and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) with clinical evidence in parallel, thereby evaluating how likely WWS of ARB and ARG can relate to the clinical cases in communities. Initially, 2,235 articles were obtained using the primary search keywords, and 1,219 articles remained after de-duplication. Among these, 35 articles fulfilled the search criteria, and an additional 13 relevant articles were included by searching references in the primary literature. Among the 48 included papers, 34 studies used a culture-based method, followed by 11 metagenomics, and three PCR-based methods. A total of 28 out of 48 included studies were conducted at the single sewershed level, eight studies involved several countries, seven studies were conducted at national or regional scales, and five at hospital levels. Our review revealed that the performance of WWS of ARB pathogens has been evaluated more frequently for
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