Commensal Pseudomonas species isolated from wastewater and freshwater milieus in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, as reservoir of antibiotic resistant determinants

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2537-2549

  Igbinosa, Isoken H ^a   Nwodo, Uchechukwu U ^a   Sosa, Anibal ^b   Tom, Mvuyo ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics   (United States)

Author keywords

Commensal; Multidrug resistant genes; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANSAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEPHEM DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURAN DERIVATIVE; NITROFURANTOIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; COMMENSAL; DISEASE; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENE; PATHOGEN; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLATEM ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT GENE; COMMENSAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; INTEGRON; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE WATER;

CAPE PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84870368237     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9072537     Document Type: Article

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