Role of hospital effluents in the contribution of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria to the aquatic environment

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1177-1182

  Ahmad, Maqsood ^a   Khan, Amin U ^a   Wahid, Abdul ^b   Ali Butt, Zahid ^c   Farhan, Muhammad ^a   Ahmad, Farooq ^a  

^a GC UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c ABDUL WALI KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hospital wastewater; Municipal wastewater; Ofloxacin; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

OFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL WASTE; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEWAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84879254436     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2012.1177.1182     Document Type: Article

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