Occurrence of ciprofloxacin-, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-, and vancomycin-resistant bacteria in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-90

  Nagulapally, Sujatha R ^a   Ahmad, Aqeel ^b   Henry, Adam ^b   Marchin, George L ^b   Zurek, Ludek ^b   Bhandari, Alok ^c  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Coliforms; E. Coli; Enterococci; Municipal wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; CLARIFIERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; MICROFILTRATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORMS; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCI; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS;

EFFLUENTS;

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; MEMBRANE FILTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 60349099504     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143008X304596     Document Type: Article

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