Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of enterococcal species in sewage treatment plants in Iran

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Talebi, M ^a,b   Rahimi, F ^a   Katouli, M ^c   Kuhn I ^d   Mollby R ^d   Eshraghi, S ^b   Pourshafie, M R ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Biochemical fingerprinting; Enterococci; Population structure; Sewage treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BIOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING METHOD; ENTEROCOCCAL SPECIES;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLONAL VARIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; IRAN; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34648843628     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9435-8     Document Type: Article

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