[Antibiotic-resistant enterobacteria in sewage and the water of surface reservoirs]

The literature review is concerned with the distribution of antibiotic-resistant enterobacteria in sewage and surface ponds. The analysis of the published data provided the conclusion that antibiotic resistant representatives of the family Enterobacteriaceae are widely distributed in water object of the environment that could be hazardous for men. Of special attention should be the fact of the R(+)-coliform bacteria distribution which is the general index of the fecal pollution. From this viewpoint such bacteria are of double interest: firstly, antibiotic-resistant coliform bacteria could be pathogenic and play the role of a source of R plasmids for other pathogenic bacteria and secondly, they could be considered as suppliers of the signal information on the distribution of antibiotic resistance which is useful for defining the strategy and tactics of antibiotic therapy.