Fecal pollution in water from storm sewers and adjacent seashores in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

International Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 213-218

  Cardonha, Angela M S ^a   Vieira, Regine H S F ^b   Rodrigues, Dália P ^c   Macrae, Andrew ^d   Peirano, Gizele ^c   Teophilo, Grace N D ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Fecal contamination; Heavy metals; Storm sewers

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COPPER; GENTAMICIN; HEAVY METAL; IMIPENEM; MERCURY; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; RAIN; SEA WATER; STORM WATER; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BRAZIL; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 16544378819     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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