Detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) at four U.S. wastewater treatment plants that provide effluent for reuse

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 404-411

  Rosenberg Goldstein, Rachel E ^a   Micallef, Shirley A ^a,b   Gibbs, Shawn G ^c   George, Ashish ^a   Claye, Emma ^a   Sapkota, Amir ^a   Joseph, Sam W ^a,d   Sapkota, Amy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistant bacteria; Enterococci; Reclaimed water; Vancomycin resistant enterococci; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCI; RE-CLAIMED WATER; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; MICROFILTRATION; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ACTIVATED SLUDGE REACTOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOREACTOR; BROTH DILUTION; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; MEMBRANE FILTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ENTEROCOCCUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84881497514     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.039     Document Type: Article

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