Detection of potential risk of wastewater effluents for transmission of antibiotic resistance from Vibrio species as a reservoir in a peri-urban community in South Africa

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 402-414

  Igbinosa, Etinosa O ^a   Obi, Larry C ^b   Tom, Mvuyo ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b Water Sisulu University   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance determinants; Vibrio species; Wastewater effluents

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EFFLUENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HABITAT TYPE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PERIURBAN AREA; RESERVOIR; RISK FACTOR; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RESERVOIR; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO FLUVIALIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WASTE WATER; WATERSHED;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO FLUVIALIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84856173314     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2011.572278     Document Type: Article

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