High prevalence of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. in river water, upstream and downstream of a wastewater treatment plant

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 426-435

  Bessa, Lucinda J ^a   Barbosa Vasconcelos, Ana ^b   Mendes, Ângelo ^b   Vaz Pires, Paulo ^a,b   Da Costa, Paulo Martins ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Faecal contamination; Multidrug resistant E. coli; River water; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMIPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; RIVER WATER; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; SAMPLING; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; BACTERIAL COUNT; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEWAGE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84910119807     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.160     Document Type: Article

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