Changes in antibiotic resistance patterns of Escherichia coli during domestic wastewater treatment

Water Environment Research

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 878-885

  Lefkowitz, Jamie R ^a   Duran, Metin ^b  

^a CDM SMITH   (United States)

^b Villanova University   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Antibiotic resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RECLAMATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; MULTIPLE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCES; PRIMARY EFFLUENT; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 70449725148     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X426068     Document Type: Article

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