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An Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria of the White River Waterways: Water Sampling (Poster 1)

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Ahmad, Azeem, et al. An Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria of the White River Waterways: Water Sampling (poster 1). . 2021. mushare.marian.edu/concern/generic_works/ab31cfa1-563f-49ec-acdb-dfa4d21edec3?locale=en.

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A. Azeem, L. Nicole, M. Kevin, & A. Samina. (2021). An Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria of the White River Waterways: Water Sampling (Poster 1). https://mushare.marian.edu/concern/generic_works/ab31cfa1-563f-49ec-acdb-dfa4d21edec3?locale=en

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Ahmad, Azeem, Lisek, Nicole, Medernach, Kevin, and Akbar, Samina. An Evaluation of Antibiotic Resistance In Bacteria of the White River Waterways: Water Sampling (poster 1). 2021. https://mushare.marian.edu/concern/generic_works/ab31cfa1-563f-49ec-acdb-dfa4d21edec3?locale=en.

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The dramatic increase in the prevalence of antibiotic resistant (AR) genes
in numerous bacterial species has been a heavily discussed topic within
the scientific community. Antibiotic resistant bacteria pose a serious
threat to an individual’s health and is an ongoing area of research with a
variety of public health implications. Antibiotic resistant genes can lead
to the development of “super bugs” which can become immune to
currently used antibiotics. This leads to much more severe infections,
difficulties in properly treating those infections, and can result in long lasting health complications.
There are several factors responsible for the development of these “super
bugs,” namely over prescription and the spread of medical and
agricultural runoff in natural environments. This runoff exposes bacteria
to antibiotics and allows them to develop resistance and spread rampantly
between non-pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria.
Identifying local reservoirs that house these AR bacterial strains has
become pertinent. The white river watershed flows through thousands of
miles of streams and local drainage areas providing drinking water to
residents of central Indiana. The Nina Mason Pulliam Ecolab (NMPE) at
Marian University is part of this specific watershed. This Ecolab provides
a prime environment in which different bacterial strains can thrive. This
provides a crucial medium for the mixing, evolution, and spread of
antibiotic resistant genes and bacteria. Gathering and studying water
samples from the NMPE will provide insight into the prevalence of
multidrug resistance genes. Previous research at MU-COM has found
bacteria carrying multiple drug resistance (MDR) in the Nina Mason
Pulliam EcoLab (NMPE) watershed. In the summer of 2020, 87.5% of
the samples collected exhibited multiple drug resistance.

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