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Field: Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Antimicrobial Resistance: A Growing Serious Threat for Global Public Health

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Md. Abdus Salam, Md. Yusuf Al-Amin, Moushumi Tabassoom Salam, Jogendra Singh Pawar et al.

Journal: Healthcare
Year: 2023
Citations: 1715

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of the 20th century, having saved millions of lives from infectious diseases. Microbes have developed acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to many drugs due to high selection pressure from increasing use and misuse of antibiotics over the years...

Life SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyOpen Access
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Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

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John L. Wilkinson, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Dana W. Kolpin, Kmy Leung et al.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesYear: 2022Citations: 1483

Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs in rivers, these employ different analytical methods, measure different APIs, and have ignored many of the countries of the ...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollutionOpen Access
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Antibiotic resistance in microbes: History, mechanisms, therapeutic strategies and future prospects

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Tanvir Mahtab Uddin, Arka Chakraborty, Ameer Khusro, BM Redwan Matin Zidan et al.

Journal: Journal of Infection and Public HealthYear: 2021Citations: 1237

Antibiotics have been used to cure bacterial infections for more than 70 years, and these low-molecular-weight bioactive agents have also been used for a variety of other medicinal applications. In the battle against microbes, antibiotics have certainly been a blessing to human civilization by savin...

Life SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMolecular MedicineOpen Access
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A review on endocrine disruptors and their possible impacts on human health

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Eva Rahman Kabir, Monica Sharfin Rahman, Imon Rahman

Journal: Environmental Toxicology and PharmacologyYear: 2015Citations: 912

Endocrine disruption is a named field of research which has been very active for over 10 years, although the effects of endocrine disruptors in wildlife have been studied mainly in vast since the 1940s. A large number of chemicals have been identified as endocrine disruptors and humans can be expose...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental ScienceHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Recent developments in physical, biological, chemical, and hybrid treatment techniques for removing emerging contaminants from wastewater

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Shams Forruque Ahmed, M. Mofijur, Samiha Nuzhat, Anika Tasnim Chowdhury et al.

Journal: Journal of Hazardous MaterialsYear: 2021Citations: 905

Emerging contaminants (ECs) in wastewater have recently attracted the attention of researchers as they pose significant risks to human health and wildlife. This paper presents the state-of-art technologies used to remove ECs from wastewater through a comprehensive review. It also highlights the chal...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental ScienceWater Science and Technology
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A Review on Antibiotic Resistance: Alarm Bells are Ringing

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Sojib Bin Zaman, Muhammed Awlad Hussain, Rachel Nye, Varshil Mehta et al.

Journal: CureusYear: 2017Citations: 857

Antibiotics are the 'wonder drugs' to combat microbes. For decades, multiple varieties of antibiotics have not only been used for therapeutic purposes but practiced prophylactically across other industries such as agriculture and animal husbandry. Uncertainty has arisen, as microbes have become resi...

Life SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMolecular MedicineOpen Access
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Antibiotic use in aquaculture, policies and regulation, health and environmental risks: a review of the top 15 major producers

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Ronald Lulijwa, Emmanuel Rupia, Andrea C. Alfaro

Journal: Reviews in AquacultureYear: 2019Citations: 766

Abstract This review focuses on the current status of antibiotics use, effects on animal health and the environment, existing policies and regulatory mechanisms in the top 15 producing countries. Fifty papers were reviewed and represented the bulk of literature worldwide. We observed that 67 antibio...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollution
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Phytoplankton response to polystyrene microplastics: Perspective from an entire growth period

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Yufeng Mao, Hainan Ai, Yi Chen, Zhen‐Yu Zhang et al.

Journal: ChemosphereYear: 2018Citations: 685

Microplastics are widely identified in aquatic environments, but their impacts on phytoplankton have not been extensively studied. Here, the responses of Chlorella pyrenoidosa under polystyrene (PS) microplastics exposure were studied across its whole growth period, with microplastic sizes of 0.1 an...

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Antimicrobial Resistance: A Growing Serious Threat for Global Public Health

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Md. Abdus Salam, Md. Yusuf Al-Amin, Moushumi Tabassoom Salam, Jogendra Singh Pawar et al.

Journal: Preprints.orgYear: 2023Citations: 495

Antibiotics are the most magnificent discovery of 20th century that have saved millions of lives from infectious diseases. Microbes have developed acquired antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to many drugs due to high selection pressure from increasing use and misuse of antibiotics over the years. The tr...

Life SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMolecular MedicineOpen Access
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Self-medication among medical and pharmacy students in Bangladesh

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Naznin Alam, Nadia Saffoon, Riaz Uddin

Journal: BMC Research NotesYear: 2015Citations: 341

BACKGROUND: This cross-sectional survey examined the pattern of self-medication and factors associated with this practice among medical and pharmacy students in context to Bangladesh. METHODS: The study used a self-administered questionnaire. A total of 500; 250 medical and 250 pharmacy, students pa...

Life SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyOpen Access
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Antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and resistance genes in aquaculture: risks, current concern, and future thinking

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Anwar Hossain, Md. Habibullah‐Al‐Mamun, Ichiro Nagano, Shigeki Masunaga et al.

Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution ResearchYear: 2022Citations: 324

Aquaculture is remarkably one of the most promising industries among the food-producing industries in the world. Aquaculture production as well as fish consumption per capita have been dramatically increasing over the past two decades. Shifting of culture method from semi-intensive to intensive tech...

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Methods for screening and evaluation of antimicrobial activity: A review of protocols, advantages, and limitations

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Tanim Jabid Hossain

Journal: European Journal of Microbiology and ImmunologyYear: 2024Citations: 292

Infectious diseases pose a formidable global challenge, compounded by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Consequently, researchers are actively exploring novel antimicrobial compounds as potential solutions. This endeavor underscores the pivotal role of methods employed for screening and eva...

Life SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyMicrobiologyOpen Access
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Antibiotic residues in milk: Past, present, and future

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Sabbya Sachi, Jannatul Ferdous, Mahmudul Hasan Sikder, S. M. Azizul Karim Hussani

Journal: Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal ResearchYear: 2019Citations: 291

Now-a-days, various types of antibiotics are being used worldwide in veterinary sector indiscriminately for promotion of growth and treatment of the livestock. Significant portions of antibiotics are released through milk of dairy animals unaltered and exert serious harmful effects on human health. ...

Physical SciencesEnvironmental SciencePollutionOpen Access
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Community-based antibiotic access and use in six low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-method approach

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Nga Thi Thuy, Huong T L Vu, Chuc T K Nguyen, Sureeporn Punpuing et al.

Journal: The Lancet Global HealthYear: 2021Citations: 284

BACKGROUND: Antimicrobial misuse is common in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), and this practice is a driver of antibiotic resistance. We compared community-based antibiotic access and use practices across communities in LMICs to identify contextually specific targets for intervention...

Life SciencesImmunology and MicrobiologyApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyOpen Access
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Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases (ESBL): Challenges and Opportunities

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Asmaul Husna, Md. Masudur Rahman, A. T. M. Badruzzaman, Mahmudul Hasan Sikder et al.

Journal: BiomedicinesYear: 2023Citations: 282

The rise of antimicrobial resistance, particularly from extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Enterobacteriaceae (ESBL-E), poses a significant global health challenge as it frequently causes the failure of empirical antibiotic therapy, leading to morbidity and mortality. The E. coli- and K. pneumo...

Life SciencesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyMolecular MedicineOpen Access
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