Antibiotics in Wastewater of a Rural and an Urban Hospital before and after Wastewater Treatment, and the Relationship with Antibiotic Use-A One Year Study from Vietnam.

Thi Quynh Lien, La; Quynh Hoa, Nguyen; Thi Kim Chuc, Nguyen; Thi Minh Thoa, Nguyen; Dang Phuc, Ho; Diwan, Vishal; Thanh Dat, Nguyen; J Tamhankar, Ashok; Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia

doi:10.3390/ijerph13060588

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Antibiotics in Wastewater of a Rural and an Urban Hospital before and after Wastewater Treatment, and the Relationship with Antibiotic Use-A One Year Study from Vietnam.

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Authors:

La Thi Quynh Lien

Nguyen Quynh Hoa

Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc

Abstract

Hospital effluents represent an important source for the release of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria into the environment. This study aims to determine concentrations of various antibiotics in wastewater before and after wastewater treatment in a rural hospital (60 km from the center of...

Subject

antibiotic residues

ciprofloxacin

hospital wastewater

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