Detection and occurrence of antimicrobially resistant E. coli in groundwater on or near swine farms in eastern North Carolina

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-218

  Anderson, M E ^a   Sobsey, M D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; E. coli; Groundwater; Lagoon; Land application; Swine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; LAND APPLICATION; SWINE FARM;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLORFENICOL; GENTAMICIN; GROUND WATER; NEOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TIAMULIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN; VANCOMYCIN; VETERINARY DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; SWINE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33749155604     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.471     Document Type: Article

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