The role of drinking water in the transmission of antimicrobial-resistant E. coli

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 633-642

  Coleman, B L ^a,b   Salvadori, M I ^c,d   McGeer, A J ^a,b   Sibley, K A ^e   Neumann, N F ^f,g   Bondy, S J ^b   Gutmanis, I A ^d,h   McEwen, S A ⁱ   Lavoie, M ^g   Strong, D ^g   Johnson, I ^b,j   Jamieson, F B ^a,b,j   Louie, M ^e,g  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^h ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; enteric bacteria; epidemiology; Escherichia coli; water (safe)

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIFAMOLE; DRINKING WATER; NALIDIXIC ACID; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858053061     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811001038     Document Type: Article

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