Genomic Epidemiology of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Sampled from Metropolitan Wastewater
Jakobi T. Deslouches·Daria Van Tyne·Emma G. Mills·Nathan R. Wallace·Mohamed H. Yassin·Giuseppe Fleres·Nathan J. Raabe
Wastewater surveillance is an effective approach for monitoring populations of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tracking the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) across different settings. In this study, hospital and municipal wastewater were collected monthly for 12 months from multiple locations in the greater Pittsburgh area to quantify the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and investigate their genomic diversity. After quantitative culturing on six different selective media type