By IDSE News Staff
ATLANTA—Scientists have found Escherichia coli—some strains drug-resistant—in recreational waters around Athens, Ga., but they do not know how much of a public health concern it could be, according to a report at ASM Microbe 2018 (abstract 675).
The scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, wanted to identify sources of any potentially harmful bacteria in the Upper Oconee Watershed, such as those with