Non-fermentative gram-negative bacteria in hospital tap water and water used for haemodialysis and bronchoscope flushing: Prevalence and distribution of antibiotic resistant strains

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-54

  Vincenti, Sara ^a   Quaranta, Gianluigi ^a   De Meo, Concetta ^a   Bruno, Stefania ^a   Ficarra, Maria Giovanna ^a   Carovillano, Serena ^a   Ricciardi, Walter ^a   Laurenti, Patrizia ^a  

^a Health Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Non fermentative gram negative bacteria; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Ralstonia pickettii; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia; Water source

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER SOURCE;

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TAP WATER; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PATHOGEN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREVUNDIMONAS; BREVUNDIMONAS VESICULARIS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA FUNGORUM; COMAMONAS TESTOSTERONI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NON FERMENTATIVE GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS MENDOCINA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; BRONCHOSCOPE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA PICKETTII; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

BRONCHOSCOPES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; RENAL DIALYSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84906702760     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.041     Document Type: Article

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