2012
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me11266
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Antibiotic Resistance and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in Isolated Bacteria from Seawater of Algiers Beaches (Algeria)

Abstract: The aim of the study was to evaluate bacterial antibiotic resistance in seawater from four beaches in Algiers. The most significant resistance rates were observed for amoxicillin and ticarcillin, whereas they were relatively low for ceftazidime, cefotaxime and imipenem. According to sampling sites, the highest resistance rates were recorded for 2 sites subjected to chemical and microbiological inputs (amoxicillin, 43% and 52%; ticarcillin, 19.6% and 47.7%), and for 2 sites relatively preserved from anthropogen… Show more

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“…Water certainly promotes the circulation of Enterobacteriaceae strains (be they resistant or not). [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Moreover, access to drinking water is not properly insured in many parts of the city. As such, Enterobacteriaceae from stools can easily affect many people through contaminated water.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Water certainly promotes the circulation of Enterobacteriaceae strains (be they resistant or not). [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] Moreover, access to drinking water is not properly insured in many parts of the city. As such, Enterobacteriaceae from stools can easily affect many people through contaminated water.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…ESBL-E have indeed been isolated from well water in Nicaragua (30) and from diverse other aquatic environments in Switzerland (31), the United Kingdom (32), China (33), South Korea (34), Portugal (35), and Tunisia (36). Even seawater from beaches in Algeria (37) and water from the Antarctic have been found to be positive for ESBL-E (38), suggesting that the current reservoir of these bacteria is in reality massive (Fig. 3).…”
Section: Global Dissemination and Distributionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In its main habitat, S. maltophilia usually presents lower levels of resistance to antibiotics than clinical strains. However, in some instances, MDR isolates have been isolated from soils and aqueous environments ( Berg et al 1999 ; Alouache et al 2012 ). These MDR environmental strains may therefore constitute a public health risk.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%