Resistance to broad-spectrum antibiotics in aquatic systems: Anthropogenic activities modulate the dissemination of blaCTX-M-like genes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4134-4140

  Tacão, Marta ^a   Correia, António ^a   Henriques, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AQUATIC SYSTEM; BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CLINICAL STRAINS; GENE VARIANTS; GENETIC ELEMENTS; LOTIC ECOSYSTEMS; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES; RESISTANCE GENES; RESISTANT BACTERIA; SELECTIVE PRESSURE; UPSTREAM REGION;

GENES; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOTAXIME; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PORTUGAL; SECRETION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEFOTAXIME; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84864111719     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00359-12     Document Type: Article

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