Antibiotic resistance in bacteria associated with coarse atmospheric particulate matter in an urban area

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1612-1620

  Gandolfi, I ^a   Franzetti, A ^a   Bertolini, V ^a   Gaspari, E ^a   Bestetti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Antibiotic resistance genes; Disc diffusion test; PM10; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BACTERIA; GENES; HEALTH RISKS;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; COARSE PARTICULATE MATTER; DISK DIFFUSION TESTS; MICRO-ORGANISMS; PM10; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URBAN AREAS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OLEANDOMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DIFFUSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXONOMY; URBAN AREA;

ACINETOBACTER; AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SUMMER; TETK GENE; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ACINETOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; PSEUDOMONADACEAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955881624     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05018.x     Document Type: Article

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