Agroenvironmental Determinants Associated with the Presence of Antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli in Beach Waters in Quebec, Canada

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 432-439

  Turgeon, P ^a   Michel, P ^a,b   Levallois, P ^c,d   Chevalier, P ^d   Daignault, D ^b   Crago, B ^e,f   Irwin, R ^b   Mcewen, S A ^g   Neumann, N F ^f,h   Louie, M ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^h University Terrace   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Environment; Epidemiology; Public health; Recreational waters; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIOFUR; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASHORE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; LAKES; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUEBEC; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80051572119     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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