Antibiotic resistance of gram-negative bacteria in rivers, United States.

From: Emerging Infectious Diseases | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: Ash, Ronald J.; Mauck, Brena; Morgan, Melissa | Copyright information

Bacteria with intrinsic resistance to antibiotics are found in nature. Such organisms may acquire additional resistance genes from bacteria introduced into soil or water, and the resident bacteria may be the reservoir or source of widespread resistant organisms found in many environments. We isolated antibiotic-resistant bacteria in freshwater samples from 16 U.S. rivers at 22 sites and measured the prevalence of organisms resistant to [beta]-lactam and non-[beta]-lactam antibiotics...

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