Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from hospital wastewater and superficial water: Are they genetically related?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 250-255

  Fuentefria, Daiane Bopp ^a   Ferreira, Alessandra Einsfeld ^a   Corção, Gertrudes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Hospital wastewater; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Repetitive sequence; Superficial water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; SURFACE WATERS;

AERUGINOSA STRAINS; ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; GENETIC SIMILARITIES; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; P.AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPETITIVE SEQUENCE; SUPERFICIAL WATER; WATER SAMPLES;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B; TIMENTIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; DIFFUSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; SURFACE WATER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BRAZIL; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIAL REPETITIVE INTERGENIC CONSENSUS SEQUENCE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WASTE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77957822745     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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