From Natural Phenomenon of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment to Emergence of Multiresistant Strains

Authors

  • H. Stiborová University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • A. Bačáková University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • L. Musilová University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague
  • K. Demnerová University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague

Keywords:

antibiotics, resistance, sub-inhibition concentration, reservoir, multi-resistance

Abstract

The increase the antibiotic resistance in the surrounding environment promotes the selection of resistant bacteria, which poses risks to human health. The sub-inhibition concentration of antibiotics in various environmental niches promotes the bacteria with resistance genes and accelerates their spread by horizontal gene transfer, as well as the origin and occurrence of new mechanisms of resistance. In addition to that, there is an evidence that the resistance towards antibiotics in pathogenic bacteria originates from the environmental resistome and the increase of multi-resistance bacteria has become a serious public health problem.

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Published

2018-12-15

How to Cite

Stiborová, H., Bačáková, A., Musilová, L., & Demnerová, K. (2018). From Natural Phenomenon of Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment to Emergence of Multiresistant Strains. Chemické Listy, 112(12), 833–839. Retrieved from http://blog.chemicke-listy.cz/ojs3/index.php/chemicke-listy/article/view/3239

Issue

Vol. 112 No. 12 (2018)

Section

Articles