Plasmid and drug resistance profile of sorbitol nonfermenting cefixime-tellurite resistant Escherichia coli isolates from the Gomti River

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 623-628

  Ram, S ^a   Shanker, R ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; SORBITOL; TELLURITE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFIXIME; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; RIVERS; SORBITOL; TELLURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 30344453084     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-005-0798-5     Document Type: Article

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