Antimicrobial resistance of fecal indicators in disinfected wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2352-2361

  Luczkiewicz, A ^a   Jankowska, K ^a   Bray, R ^a   Kulbat, E ^a   Quant, B ^a   Sokolowska, A ^a   Olanczuk Neyman, K ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Disinfection; Fecal indicators; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-MICROBIAL AGENT; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; CHEMICAL CLASS; E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL INDICATORS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GLYCOPEPTIDES; NITROFURANTOIN; OPERATION CONDITIONS; PILOT SCALE; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATIOS; RESISTANT BACTERIA; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; THREE SYSTEMS; UV IRRADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OZONE; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; DISINFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PEPTIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISINFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; PILOT PROJECTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84055217018     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.769     Document Type: Article

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