Resistance of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. to selected antimicrobial agents present in municipal wastewater

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 600-612

  Luczkiewicz, Aneta ^a   Felis, Ewa ^b   Ziembinska, Aleksandra ^b   Gnida, Anna ^b   Kotlarska, Ewa ^c   Olanczuk Neyman, Krystyna ^a   Surmacz Gorska, Joanna ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial agents; Antimicrobial resistance; Fecal indicators; Sulfonamide resistance genes; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; N ACETYLSULFAMETHOXAZOLE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFANILAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIODIVERSITY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUL1 3 GENE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CHEMISTRY; CITY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIODIVERSITY; CITIES; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84894617078     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2013.130     Document Type: Article

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