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| Skilled nursing facility wastewater surveillance: a SARS-CoV-2 and antimicrobial resistance detection pilot study
Santiago AJ , Burgos Garay M , Campbell M , Cahela Y , Donlan R , Gable P , Ganim Kyros C , Franco L , Kartforosh L , Lenz S , Lyons AK , Moore J , Noble-Wang J , Sanders C , Abera B , Adler CH , Jones S , Medrzycki M , Walters MS , Cook P , Li Y , Tao Y , Zhang J , Malapati L , Retchless A , Tong S , Coulliette-Salmond AD . J Water Health 2025 23 (6) 727-742
The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of facility-level wastewater surveillance in the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in skilled nursing facility (SNF) wastewater using three concentration methods, as well as a proof-of-concept for antimicrobial resistance (AR) genes/organisms detection. Wastewater effluent samples were collected from an SNF over an 8-week period. Wastewater was concentrated using electronegative membrane filtration (enMF), polyethylene glycol precipitation, and Nanotrap(®) magnetic virus particles (NP). Quantification of the genome copy concentration from SARS-CoV-2 and bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), a SARS-CoV-2 surrogate spiked into all samples, was performed with droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR). Wastewater sample aliquots were also enriched in microbiological culture media and screened for organisms with AR phenotypes on selective and differential agars. Multiplex real-time PCR was used to detect a broad array of carbapenem resistance genes. SARS-CoV-2 was detected and quantified from a single enMF-concentrated wastewater sample. The highest concentration of BRSV came from enMF-concentrated samples. Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Citrobacter, and Escherichia coli exhibiting AR phenotypes were successfully detected using culture-dependent approaches. Culture-independent, multiplex PCR indicated that bla(KPC) was the main carbapenemase gene detected in wastewater samples. Facility-level wastewater surveillance could be a useful strategy for SNFs. |
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