Selective pressure of antibiotic pollution on bacteria of importance to public health

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1100-1106

  Tello, Alfredo ^a   Austin, Brian ^a   Telfer, Trevor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic pollution; Antibiotic resistance; Minimum inhibitory concentration distributions; Risk assessment; Species sensitivity distributions

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BURKHOLDERIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUIDAE;

EID: 84864764759     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104650     Document Type: Article

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