Antibiotic Resistance in the Environment
Manaia, Célia M. / Hong, Peiying / Vaz-Moreira, Ivone / Donner, Erica
This book provides a multidisciplinary review of antibiotic resistance and unravels the complex and interrelated roles of environmental sources, including pharmaceutical industry effluents, hospital and domestic effluents, wildlife and drinking water. Antibiotic resistance is a global public health issue in which the interface between humans, animals and the environment is particularly relevant. The contrasts seen across different environmenta...
