Antibiotic resistance pattern and molecular detection of ESBL-associated genes in E. coli from surface and wastewater of Islamabad capital territory, Pakistan

• Main Authors: Aitezaz Ahsan (Author), Tariq Atta Ur Rehman (Author), Hamid Irshad (Author), Muhammad Armaghan Shahzad (Author), Abubakar Siddique (Author), Asma Jamil (Author), Adnan Ali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: IWA Publishing, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The goal of this study was to determine how surface and wastewater contribute to the contamination of the environment with an extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli (ESBL E. coli). Water samples (n = 32) were collected from eight different locations of Islamabad and processed for m...