Multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains in the Tone River, Japan

The World Health Organization considers the increase in the incidence of multidrug-resistant bacterial infection a global public health problem. Gram-negative bacteria produce endotoxins, which cause sepsis. Enterobacteriaceae strains, which are gram-negative bacilli, are universally found in the bowels of animals, in soil, and in water. Therefore, resistance to multiple drugs is considered a serious problem. In 2013, the United States Centers for Disease Control issued a warning regarding an increase in the incidence of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection. Drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae strains have been detected not only in infected humans and animals Int J Anal Bio-Sci Vol. 3, No 3 (2015)