Are antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from hospitalised patients recovered in the hospital effluents?

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 200-204

  Tumeo E ^a   Gbaguidi Haore, H ^a   Patry, I ^a   Bertrand, X ^a   Thouverez, M ^a   Talon, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Hospital wastewater; PFGE; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 39049112403     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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