Antimicrobial resistance patterns in Enterobacteriaceae isolated from an urban wastewater treatment plant

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 166-176

  Ferreira Da Silva, Miguel ^a   Vaz Moreira, Ivone ^a   Gonzalez Pajuelo, Maria ^a   Nunes, Olga C ^b   Manaia, Célia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Class 1 integron; Disinfectants; Enterobacteriaceae; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ADENYLTRANSFERASE; AMOXICILLIN; CADMIUM; CEFALOTIN; CHROMIUM; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GENTAMICIN; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; IODINE; MERCURY; NICKEL; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; HEAVY METAL; ISOLATED POPULATION; PHENOTYPE; WASTEWATER;

ACINETOBACTER; AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CASSETTE; INTEGRON; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIGELLA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CITIES; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FRESH WATER; INTEGRONS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ACINETOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA; KLEBSIELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 33947194371     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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