Determining sources of fecal pollution in a rural Virginia watershed with antibiotic resistance patterns in fecal streptococci

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5522-5531

  Hagedorn, Charles ^a   Robinson, Sandra L ^a   Filtz, Jennifer R ^a   Grubbs, Sarah M ^a   Angier, Theresa A ^a   Reneau Jr , Raymond B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FECES; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; FECES; NONHUMAN; STREPTOCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 0032708728     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5522-5531.1999     Document Type: Article

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