Potential public health significance of faecal contamination and multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Salmonella serotypes in a lake in India

Public Health

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 377-379

  Abhirosh, C ^a,b   Sherin, V ^b   Thomas, A P ^b   Hatha, A A M ^c   Mazumder, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

E. coli; MAR index; Multiple drug resistance; Public health; Salmonella; Vembanadu lake

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

DRUG RESISTANCE; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COW; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; INDIA; POULTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 79958810312     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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