Antibiotic resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolates from different aquatic environmental sources in León, Nicaragua

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Amaya, E ^a,b   Reyes, D ^b,c   Paniagua, M ^b   Calderon S ^b   Rashid, M U ^a   Colque, P ^c   Kuhn I ^c   Mollby R ^c   Weintraub, A ^a   Nord, C E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Extended spectrum lactamase; Hospital; Resistance; Sewage; Water; Well

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; WELL WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA CTX M GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL WASTE; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865304103     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2012.03930.x     Document Type: Article

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