Moderate prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in escherichia coli isolates from lettuce, irrigation water, and soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6677-6683

  Holvoet, Kevin ^a   Sampers, Imca ^a   Callens, Benedicte ^a   Dewulf, Jeroen ^a   Uyttendaele, Mieke ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; IRRIGATION WATERS; POTENTIAL RESERVOIR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTION SITES; RESISTANCE RATE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; MICROORGANISMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CATTLE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE VECTOR; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; VEGETABLE; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; LETTUCE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84886937216     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01995-13     Document Type: Article

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