Use of antibiotic resistance analysis to identify nonpoint sources of fecal pollution

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3483-3486

  Wiggins, B A ^a   Andrews, R W ^a   Conway, R A ^a   Corr, C L ^a   Dobratz, E J ^a   Dougherty, D P ^a   Eppard, J R ^a   Knupp, S R ^a   Limjoco, M C ^a   Mettenburg, J M ^a   Rinehardt, J M ^a   Sonsino, J ^a   Torrijos, R L ^a   Zimmerman, M E ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SALINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SEWAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032771988     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3483-3486.1999     Document Type: Article

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