From Patients to Hospital Wastewater: Tracing Antimicrobial Resistance in a Health-Care Setting
34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Poster Session
2024
Edgars Liepa,
Dāvids Frīdmans,
Iļja Drjagunovs,
I. Jansone,
I. Vilde,
Mārtiņš Strods,
Brigita Dejus,
Sandis Dejus,
Tālis Juhna,
Maija Ustinova,
Aivars Bērziņš,
Juris Ķibilds,
A. Cīrulis,
J. Avsejenko,
Reinis Vangravs,
Ģirts Šķenders,
Uga Dumpis
A better understanding of environmental transmission of antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) is required, to control the spread of MDR bacteria in hospitals.
This pilot study is aiming to characterize ARG transmission within a tertiary-care hospital and to evaluate the utility of wastewater as an indicator of ARG landscape within the hospital.
Keywords
Antibiotic resistance, wastewater
Liepa, E., Frīdmans, D., Drjagunovs, I., Jansone, I., Vilde, I., Strods, M., Dejus, B., Dejus, S., Juhna, T., Ustinova, M., Bērziņš, A., Ķibilds, J., Cīrulis, A., Avsejenko, J., Vangravs, R., Šķenders, Ģ., Dumpis, U. From Patients to Hospital Wastewater: Tracing Antimicrobial Resistance in a Health-Care Setting. In: 34th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Poster Session, Spain, Barcelona, 27-30 April, 2024. Barselona: 2024, pp.EW0108-EW0108.
Publication language
English (en)