Environmental pollution by antibiotics and by antibiotic resistance determinants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2893-2902

  Martinez, Jose Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic pollution; Antibiotic resistance; Aquaculture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RELEASE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; CLINICAL SETTINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HUMAN ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN HEALTH; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MICROBIOTAS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT BACTERIA;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; DRUG THERAPY; GENES; IMPACT RESISTANCE; POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; APRAMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUACULTURE; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUACULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HUMAN; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG THERAPY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HUMANS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 69249205465     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.051     Document Type: Review

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