Antibiotic Residue in the Aquatic Environment: Status in Africa

A.C. Faleye; A.A. Adegoke; K. Ramluckan; Faizal Bux; T. A. Stenström

doi:10.1515/chem-2018-0099

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Antibiotic Residue in the Aquatic Environment: Status in Africa

A.C. Faleye A.A. Adegoke K. Ramluckan Faizal Bux

T. A. Stenström

Open Chemistry Vol. 16 No. 1 pp. 890-903 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Abstract

AbstractInformation on the presence of antibiotics is sparse for all types of water in Africa, including groundwater, surface water, effluent of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and municipal potable water. With the relatively high sales of different antibiotics to treat infectious diseases in the human population of Africa, the residual of the antibiotics is bound to be released through excretion via urine or fecal matter in parallel to the high sales. This article reviews the published analysis on the occurrence of antibiotics in the environment particularly in the aquatic environment in some countries in Africa. In general, sulfamethoxazole was the most commonly detected in Africa surface water (with eight reports from four countries) at a concentration range of 0.00027 – 39 μgL-1. Wastewater analysis is believed to give an early warning for preventing epidemics. Thus, we discuss the associated level of antibiotic resistance to some prevalent diseases in Africa whose aetiological agents can develop antibiotic resistance due to exposure to antibiotic residue in water. This is important because of rising population of immuno-deficient African residents ravaged by HIV/AIDS, poor nutrition and less efficient sanitation systems.

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Published: Sep 03, 2018
Vol/Issue: 16(1)
Pages: 890-903
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Authors

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A.C. Faleye

Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

A

A.A. Adegoke

Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

K

K. Ramluckan

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

F

Faizal Bux

Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

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T. A. Stenström

Institute for Water and Wastewater Technology, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

Cite This Article

A.C. Faleye, A.A. Adegoke, K. Ramluckan, et al. (2018). Antibiotic Residue in the Aquatic Environment: Status in Africa. Open Chemistry, 16(1), 890-903. https://doi.org/10.1515/chem-2018-0099

Antibiotic Residue in the Aquatic Environment: Status in Africa

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