Pathogenic Escherichia coli strains producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases in the Yeongsan river basin of South Korea

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1128-1136

  Jang, Jeonghwan ^a   Suh, Yae Seul ^a   Di, Doris Y W ^a   Unno, Tatsuya ^b   Sadowsky, Michael J ^c   Hur, Hor Gil ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; E. COLI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; HEALTH IMPACT; LACTAMASES; PATHOGENECITY; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENIC STRAINS; RIVER BASINS; SOUTH KOREA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; WATERSHEDS;

PUBLIC HEALTH;

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M14; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER BASIN; VIRULENCE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRAINTESTINAL PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER BASIN; SOUTH KOREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIVERS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

SOUTH KOREA; YOUNGSAN BASIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84872512495     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303577u     Document Type: Article

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