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Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in the Daya River, Bhubaneswar: An Alarming Call for Sewage Disposal

2025-12-30 public and global health Title + abstract only
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The global increase in microbial infections is strongly linked to the widespread dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes in the environment, posing a serious challenge to public health. In the present study, surface water samples were collected from multiple locations along the Daya River near Bhubaneswar, including sites impacted by untreated municipal sewage discharge. The predominant bacterial isolate was identified as Acinetobacter baumannii-exhibited resistance to commonly used antibio...

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