Occurrence of antibiotics residues in hospital wastewater, wastewater treatment plant, and in surface water in Nairobi County, Kenya

• Published in: Environmental monitoring and assessment Vol. 192; no. 1; p. 18
• Main Authors: Ngigi, Anastasiah N., Magu, Martin M., Muendo, Boniface M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.01.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aminoglycosides; Ampicillin; Anions; Anti-Bacterial Agents - analysis; Antibiotics; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Chromatography, Liquid; Drug resistance; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecology; Ecotoxicology; Effluents; Environment; Environmental effects; Environmental Management; Environmental Monitoring; Fresh Water - chemistry; Hospital wastes; Hospitals; Kenya; Macrolides; Medical wastes; Medicine; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Multimedia; Oxacillin; Pollution control; Residues; Rivers; Speciation; Spectinomycin; Sulfadiazine; Sulfamethazine; Sulfamethoxazole; Sulfanilamide; Sulfonamides; Surface water; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Trimethoprim; Waste Disposal, Fluid; Waste Water - chemistry; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; Water; Water analysis; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis; Water sampling; β-Lactam antibiotics; Kenya; Residues; Antibiotics; Wastewater; Speciation; Surface water

The occurrence of 17 antibiotics belonging to sulfonamides, β-lactams, macrolides and aminoglycosides classes, and trimethoprim in raw hospital wastewater, wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), and surface water was determined. Residual antibiotics were quantified by LC/MS/MS. Residues of antibiotics i...