Isolation and characterization of multiple drug resistance bacterial pathogens from waste water in hospital and non-hospital environments, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Moges, Feleke ^a   Endris, Mengistu ^a   Belyhun, Yeshambel ^a,b   Worku, Walelegn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital environment; Multiple drug resistance; Non hospital environment; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER;

DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECTS; ETHIOPIA; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEWAGE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84899477284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-215     Document Type: Article

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