Comparison of antimicrobial resistance patterns between clinical and sewage isolates in a regional hospital in Taiwan

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 560-565

  Yang, C M ^a,b,c   Lin, M F ^d   Liao, P C ^c   Yeh, H W ^a   Chang, B V ^b   Tang, T K ^c   Cheng, C ^c   Sung, C H ^c   Liou, Ming Li ^c  

^a Hsinchu General Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Department of Health   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial resistance; Eastewater; Environmental health; Environmental water; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HOSPITALS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; EASTEWATER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; RESISTANCE;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; GENTAMICIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 64849093855     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02572.x     Document Type: Article

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