Antimicrobial resistance and species composition of Enterococcus spp. isolated from waters and sands of marine recreational beaches in Southeastern Brazil

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8-9, 2008, Pages 2242-2250

  de Oliveira, Ana Julia Fernandes Cardoso ^a   Watanabe Pinhata, Juliana Maira ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococcus; Marine water; Sand beach

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; SAND; SEAWATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; MARINE WATER; SAND BEACH;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; SEA WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; SAND; SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BEACH; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; PATHOGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SAND; SEAWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SAND; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 41949137190     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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