Hospital sewers may be places where dangerous, hard-to-treat bacteria grow
Hospital wastewater may create conditions that help antibiotic-resistant bacteria grow, turning sewer systems into potential hotspots for antimicrobial resistance, a study from Sweden suggests. Antibiotics taken by patients can pass through the body and enter hospital sewers. Researchers say residues in the wastewater may encourage resistant bacteria to thrive. Antibiotic resistance develops when bacteria can […]