BlaTEM and vanA as indicator genes of antibiotic resistance contamination in a hospital-urban wastewater treatment plant system

Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-315

  Narciso Da Rocha, Carlos ^a   Varela, Ana R ^a,b   Schwartz, Thomas ^c   Nunes, Olga C ^b   Manaia, Célia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; blaTEM; Hospital effluent; Indicator genes; vanA; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLA TEM GENE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL; INTI1 GENE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URBAN AREA; VANA GENE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84916197907     PISSN: 22137165     EISSN: 22137173     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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