Phenotypic characterization of human pathogenic bacteria in fish from the coastal waters of south west Cameroon: Public health implications

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Akoachere, Jane Francis T K ^a   Bughe, Rhoda N ^a   Oben, Benedicta O ^a   Ndip, Lucy M ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Disease transmission; Environmental concern; Fecal contamination; Fishes; Human pathogens

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMEROON; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COASTAL WATERS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FISH; HAFNIA ALVEI; HEALTH CARE; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEUS PENNERI; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE SUBSP. OZAENAE; PISCES; PROTEUS VULGARIS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERRATIA ODORIFERA;

EID: 68549083598     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2009.24.2.147     Document Type: Article

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