• Pratima Wagh
• Amruta Jadhav

During COVID 19 pandemic, the patients having milder forms of respiratory tract infections received azithromycin and ceftriaxone. These antibiotics are ineffective in treatment of viral infections such as common cold and flu but active against many bacterial infections of various systems in the body. Misuse of such broad-spectrum antibiotics can lead to its decreased effectiveness. There is evidence of traces of antibiotics in groundwater leading to development of increased resistance among the microorganisms. Present study was on Azithromycin and ceftriaxone resistant isolates obtained from water samples from Nasik city of Maharashtra. From June 20 there was a sharp rise in the number of COVID cases, reaching more than 90,000 in the month of September in Nashik region. There is a confirmatory report of contamination of groundwater by the leachate from waste dumps in Nashik in previous studies. Considering the scenario, from groundwater samples, azithromycin and ceftriaxone resistant organisms were isolated and identified. These antibiotic resistant organisms were isolated from open wells and from river water samples, while isolates from other sources are found sensitive to both of these drugs.

Azithromycin, Ceftriaxone, Bacterial resistance, Groundwater, COVID19

"EMERGING AZITHROMYCIN AND CEFTRIAXONE RESISTANCE AMONG BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM GROUNDWATER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.b345-b349, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109140.pdf

"EMERGING AZITHROMYCIN AND CEFTRIAXONE RESISTANCE AMONG BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM GROUNDWATER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. ppb345-b349, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2109140.pdf