Antibiotic Resistance of Gram Negatives isolates from loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the central Mediterranean Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1363-1366

  Foti, M ^a   Giacopello, C ^a   Bottari, Teresa ^b   Fisichella, V ^a   Rinaldo, D ^a   Mammina, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobials; Caretta caretta; Cloacal bacteria; Loggerhead sea turtle; Mediterranean sea

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIALS; CARETTA CARETTA; CLOACAL BACTERIA; LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIOLOGY; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KANAMYCIN; LOMEFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; CHEMICAL METHOD; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION MONITORING; TURTLE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE SPECIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MORGANELLA; NONHUMAN; PANTOEA; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CARETTA; CARETTA CARETTA; CITROBACTER; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA; MAMMALIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PANTOEA; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA RETTGERI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEWANELLA;

EID: 68949180327     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.04.020     Document Type: Article

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