Determination of antimicrobial resistance and virulence gene signatures in surface water isolates of Escherichia coli

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1899-1908

  Ram, S ^a   Vajpayee, P ^a   Tripathi, U ^a   Singh, R L ^b   Seth, P K ^a   Shanker, R ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^b DR RAM MANOHAR LOHIA AVADH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

ETEC; River Gomti; STEC; Surface water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; E. COLI; ETEC; GENE SIGNATURES; RESISTANCE GENES; RIVER GOMTI; STEC; VIRULENCE GENE; WATER SAMPLES; WATER-BORNE OUTBREAKS;

SURFACE WATERS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; ENTEROTOXIN; GENTAMICIN; NORFLOXACIN; RIVER WATER; SHIGA TOXIN; SURFACE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOMARKER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE CONTROL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOMTI RIVER; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 56649089775     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03879.x     Document Type: Article

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