Presence of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in soils affected by illegal waste dumps

International Journal of Environmental Health Research
Jasna HrenovicIvica Kisic

Abstract

The carbapenem-resistant bacteria (CRB) are currently at the top of the WHO priority list of bacteria that pose the greatest threat to human health. Considering that soil is one of the important environments for the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, we isolated and quantified cultivable CRB in soils across Croatia, including ones affected by illegal dumps. We cultivated CRB at two temperatures, distinguishing between the intrinsically resistant CRB (37°C, mostly Stenotrophomonas spp.) and the ones that are presumably human-associated and clinically relevant (42°C, Acinetobacter sp., Enterobacteriaceae, Burkholderia spp.). Our study demonstrated that distinguishing between the two offers a better insight into the diversity of CRB in the environment. The ones cultivated at 37°C were found in almost all soil samples, while the presumably clinically relevant ones were absent from uncontaminated pasture and grassland, indicating that human-associated CRB are unlikely to be found in soils spared from anthropogenic influence.

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Dec 5, 2019·Water Science and Technology : a Journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research·Tomislav IvankovicMarin Ganjto
Sep 26, 2020·Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju·Jasna HrenovićNevenka Rajić
Apr 26, 2021·Journal of Environmental Management·Linwei DuJian Zuo
Jun 22, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Health Research·Jasna HrenovicBranka Bedenic

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