Antimicrobial resistance in Enterococcus spp. isolated in inflow, effluent and sludge from municipal sewage water treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1735-1740

  Martins da Costa, Paulo ^a   Vaz Pires, Paulo ^a,b   Bernardo, Fernando ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococcus spp.; Sludge; Urban wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP.; SLUDGE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLOW; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DIFFUSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 33748713617     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.02.025     Document Type: Article

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