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Introduction In the modern life of humans, long way are widely prescribed for therapy against bacterial diseases to prevent the onset of bacterial infections during a viral disease (Goossens et al., 2005; Van Boeckel et al., 2014). They have been massively administered and persist in the environment (Carvalho and Santos, 2016). Their potential to promote antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and bacteria (ARB) is a major public-health problem worldwide (Berendonk et al., 2015). Antibiotics and ARGs have been continuously detected in the aquatic environment (Gao et al., 2018; Kümmerer, 2009a; b; Xu et al., 2016). In urban systems, the main anthropogenic source of antibiotics is human excretion. In particular, antibiotics prescribed for humans are partly metabolized in the human body and enter the sewage system via excreted urine and faeces. In Germany, 70% of the antibiotics consumed is excreted unchanged (Kümmerer, 2009a). Sewers have been regarded as one of the most important sinks for antibiotics, ARGs and ARB (Auguet et al., 2017; Wunder et al., 2011). Although several studies have reported adsorption (Guo et al., 2017; Hou et al., 2010; Maier and Tjeerdema, 2018; Pan et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2017c) and desorption behaviour of antibiotics in soil sciences (D'Angelo and Starnes, 2016; Fernandez-Calvino et al., 2015; Li and Zhang, 2016, 2017; Li et al., 2015; Wu et al., 2013), or adsorption in sludge sediments at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) (Marx et al., 2015a; Polesel et al. 2015, 2016; Wang et al., 2017a), reports about the adsorption/desorption kinetics of sewer sediment-bound antibiotics are scarce. Although most wastewater is drained into WWTPs, conventional WWTPs are not sufficient to prevent the release of antibiotics into adjacent surface waters (Menz et al., 2017; Michael et al., 2013; Wang et al., 2017b). In addition, the discharge of wastewater, a composite of sewage and stormwater, through combined sewer overflow (CSO) structures into receiving waters is inevitable due to the capacity limitations of urban drainage systems. Consequently, urban drainage discharge contains dissolved and particulate-bound antibiotics. Dissolved antibiotics adsorb into the water environment, particulate-bound antibiotics are remobilized when a certain shear stress is exceeded and desorption of adsorbed antibiotics depends mainly on the pH values in the surrounding water body. Decryption of these complex nexuses is a big step in tackling the promotion and spread of antibiotic resistance in the environment. Furthermore, particle size distribution is a crucial physical characteristic of particulate compounds (Zhang et al. 2015a, 2015b). In terms of sewer sediment, particle size distribution is related to fluid transport theory (Bridge, 2009; Xu et al., 2018). Finer particles can stay in suspension longer and they are transported farther by runoff than larger particles (McKenzie et al., 2008). Additionally, the literature on contaminants suggests that there is particle size control of metal adsorption/desorption (Zhang et al., 2016); reports on antibiotics are missing.
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Acknowledgements This paper as part of the research project “ANTI-Resist” (Untersuchung zu Einträgen von Antibiotika und der Bildung von Antibiotikaresistenzen im urbanen Abwasser sowie Entwicklung geeigneter Strategien, Monitoring-und Frühwarnsysteme am Beispiel Dresden) was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Grant reference 02WRS1272A) within the Framework Concept “Risk Management of Emerging Compounds and Pathogens in the Water Cycle (RiSKWa)” and managed by the Project Management Agency Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (PTKA).
Introduction It is estimated that 20–50% of antibiotic use is inappropriate or unnecessary in acute care hospitals [1]. Inappropriate antimicrobial use has a negative impact on patients and the entire community [2], [3]. Misuse of antibiotics leads to an increase in antibiotic resistance and additional healthcare costs [1], [4]. Unfortunately, we are facing a dramatic increase in bacterial resistance with the obvious drop in the number of antibiotics discovered and approved each year [5], [6]. Therefore the antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) was developed to ensure the proper use of antibiotics, reduce overutilization of antimicrobial agents, and halt the development of resistance [3], [4].