Fecal source tracking by antibiotic resistance analysis on a watershed exhibiting low resistance

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 139, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 15-25

  Olivas, Yolanda ^a,b   Faulkner, Barton R ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance (AR); Antibiotic resistance analysis (ARA); Average rate of correct classification (ARCC); Discriminant analysis (DA); Escherichia coli (E. coli); Fecal contamination; Microbial source tracking (MST); Misclassification; Multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR)

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE ANALYSIS; AVERAGE RATE OF CORRECT CLASSIFICATION; FECAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FECAL COLIFORM; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TESTING METHOD; WATERSHED;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; RANK SUM TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED; WINTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; TURKEY CREEK BASIN; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 40549084992     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-007-9805-0     Document Type: Article

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