Occurrence and Abundance of Antibiotics and Resistance Genes in Rivers, Canal and near Drug Formulation Facilities - A Study in Pakistan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Khan, Ghazanfar Ali ^a   Berglund, Björn ^b   Khan, Kashif Maqbool ^c   Lindgren, Per Eric ^b,d   Fick, Jerker ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^d RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DFRA1 GENE; DNA EXTRACTION; DRUG FORMULATION FACILITY; EFFLUENT; ERMB GENE; GENE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTI1 GENE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAKISTAN; QUALITY CONTROL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEWAGE; SULI GENE; TETA GENE; TETB GENE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIPORTERS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; INTEGRONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAKISTAN; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEWAGE; TETRACYCLINE RESISTANCE; TRIMETHOPRIM RESISTANCE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84879529881     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062712     Document Type: Article

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