Chloraminated drinking water does not generate bacterial resistance to antibiotics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 562-567

  Jurgens, D J ^b   Sattar, S A ^b   Mah, T F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial stress response; Biofilms; Chloramination; Chloramine; Drinking water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; POTABLE WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRESS RESPONSE; CHLORAMINATED; CHLORAMINATION; CHLORAMINE; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESISTANCE TO ANTIBIOTICS; TOBRAMYCIN;

BIOFILMS;

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRINKING WATER; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); WATER ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; INHIBITION;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CHLORAMINATION; DISINFECTION; HALOGENATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REACTOR; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 42149097883     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02354.x     Document Type: Article

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