Underappreciated Role of Regionally Poor Water Quality on Globally Increasing Antibiotic Resistance

ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTUnderappreciated Role of Regionally Poor Water Quality on Globally Increasing Antibiotic ResistanceDavid W. Graham*†, Peter Collignon‡, Julian Davies§, D. G. Joakim Larsson∥, and Jason Snape⊥View Author Information† School of Civil Engineering & Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, U.K.‡ Australian National University and Canberra Hospital, Canberra 2605, Australia§ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, Canada∥ Institute for Biomedicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden⊥ AstraZeneca U.K., Global Safety, Health and Environment, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, U.K.*Phone: (44)-0-191-222-7930; fax: (44)-0-191-222-6502; e-mail: [email protected]Cite this: Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48, 20, 11746–11747Publication Date (Web):October 1, 2014Publication History Received24 July 2014Published online1 October 2014Published inissue 21 October 2014https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/es504206xhttps://doi.org/10.1021/es504206xnewsACS PublicationsCopyright © 2014 American Chemical Society. This publication is available under these Terms of Use. Request reuse permissions This publication is free to access through this site. Learn MoreArticle Views2832Altmetric-Citations37LEARN ABOUT THESE METRICSArticle Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of full text article downloads since November 2008 (both PDF and HTML) across all institutions and individuals. These metrics are regularly updated to reflect usage leading up to the last few days.Citations are the number of other articles citing this article, calculated by Crossref and updated daily. Find more information about Crossref citation counts.The Altmetric Attention Score is a quantitative measure of the attention that a research article has received online. Clicking on the donut icon will load a page at altmetric.com with additional details about the score and the social media presence for the given article. Find more information on the Altmetric Attention Score and how the score is calculated. Share Add toView InAdd Full Text with ReferenceAdd Description ExportRISCitationCitation and abstractCitation and referencesMore Options Share onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail PDF (738 KB) Get e-AlertscloseSUBJECTS:Antimicrobial agents,Bacteria,Immunology,Wastes,Water treatment Get e-Alerts