Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and relation to indicator and pathogenic microorganisms of Salmonella enterica isolated from surface waters within an agricultural landscape

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 435-444

  Economou, Vangelis ^a   Gousia, Panagiota ^a   Kansouzidou, Athina ^b   Sakkas, Hercules ^a   Karanis, Panagiotis ^c   Papadopoulou, Chrissanthy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Indicator bacteria; Listeria; Marine water; River; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEA WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGUS; GREECE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RIVER; SEA;

AGRICULTURE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNGI; GREECE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; GIARDIA; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIA SEELIGERI; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR THOMPSON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR VIRCHOW; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84877824360     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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