Detection of carbapenem resistance genes and cephalosporin, and quinolone resistance genes along with oqxAB gene in Escherichia coli in hospital wastewater: A matter of concern

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 984-995

  Chandran, S P ^a   Diwan, V ^b,c,d   Tamhankar, A J ^b,e   Joseph, B V ^f   Rosales Klintz, S ^b   Mundayoor, S ^g   Lundborg, C S ^b   Macaden, R ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c RD Gardi Medical College   (India)

^d International Centre for Health Research   (India)

^e Ruxmaniben Deepchand Gardi Medical college   (India)

^f CHRIST DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^g RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Cephalosporin resistance; Hospital wastewater; Multidrug resistant E. coli; Quinolones resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; DNA; GENES; HOSPITALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBAPENEM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; E. COLI; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANTS; MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT E COLI; QUINOLONE RESISTANCE; QUINOLONES; RESISTANCE GENES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; OQXAB GENE; PHYLOGENY; PILOT STUDY; WASTE WATER; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUINOLONES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84908243202     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12591     Document Type: Article

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