Antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli in the municipal wastewater system: Effect of hospital effluent and environmental fate

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 1078-1085

  Harris, Suvi ^a   Morris, Carol ^b   Morris, Dearbhaile ^b   Cormican, Martin ^b   Cummins, Enda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Hospital effluent; Human exposure; Sludge; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; HUMAN EXPOSURES; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; SLUDGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BATH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL WASTE; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SWIMMING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; HUMAN EXPOSURE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84885051923     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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