Wastewater treatment contributes to selective increase of antibiotic resistance among Acinetobacter spp.

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3702-3706

  Zhang, Yongli ^a   Marrs, Carl F ^a   Simon, Carl ^a   Xi, Chuanwu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; Antibiotic resistance; Multi drug resistance; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER SPP.; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BACTERIAL RESISTANCES; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; DIFFUSION METHODS; DRUG-RESISTANT BACTERIA; FINAL EFFLUENTS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MULTI-DRUG RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HEALTHS; RECEIVING WATERS; SULFISOXAZOLE; TREATED WASTEWATERS; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; IMPACT RESISTANCE; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RECYCLING;

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DISCHARGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISK DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW;

ACINETOBACTER; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RIVERS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 65049085179     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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