Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors and Genetic Diversity of Escherichia coli Isolates from Household Water Supply in Dhaka, Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Talukdar, Prabhat Kumar ^a,b   Rahman, Mizanur ^a   Rahman, Mahdia ^a   Nabi, Ashikun ^a   Islam, Zhahirul ^a   Hoque, M Mahfuzul ^b   Endtz, Hubert P ^a,c   Islam, Mohammad Aminul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; TAP WATER; TETRACYCLINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BANGLADESH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOUSEHOLD; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QNRB GENE; QNRS GENE; VIRULENCE GENE; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BANGLADESH; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRINKING WATER; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR TYPING; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875700620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061090     Document Type: Article

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