Effects of tourist flows on antibiotic resistance in wastewater of a Greek island.

Aim: Antibiotic resistance in wastewaters reflects the clinical resistome. This study aimed at investigating whether changes in the population size and composition in the popular tourist destination of Zakynthos island are associated with differentiation in the antibiotic resistance of environmental micro-organisms isolated from wastewater.

Methods And Results: The resistance profiles of four species (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus sp.