Identification of the sources of fecal coliforms in an urban watershed using antibiotic resistance analysis

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4273-4282

  Whitlock, John E ^a   Jones, David T ^b   Harwood, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Parsons Engineering Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance analysis; Bacterial source tracking; Discriminant analysis; Fecal coliforms; Indicator; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

MEMBRANE FILTERATION;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LATAMOXEF; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FRESH WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; FECAL COLIFORM; WATERSHED;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; STEVENSON CREEK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0036804458     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00139-2     Document Type: Article

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