Liam Byrne - Improved Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Wastewater

Despite the ever-increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance in healthcare worldwide, the true prevalence of antimicrobial resistant organisms is largely unknown. Classically, surveillance relies on clinical testing which has limited epidemiological utility due to biased sampling. Wastewater based surveillance of antibiotic resistance genes has been proposed as a supplemental surveillance tool to sample the broader populace but current methodology suffers from low sensitivity. We developed and compared new wastewater testing methods which aimed to improve the detection of antimicrobial resistance genes.

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10/12/2023 5:50:00 PM