Antibiotic resistance in environmental Escherichia coli - A simple screening method for simultaneous typing and resistance determination

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 692-701

  Navarro, Patricia Colque ^a   Fernandez, Heriberto ^b   Möllby, Roland ^a   Otth, Laura ^b   Tiodolf, Madeleine ^a   Wilson, Myra ^b   Kühn, Inger ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Bacteria; Escherichia coli; Screening method; Sewage; Typing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RIVER WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER; SEWAGE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUTOMATION; CLONE; INCUBATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOFTWARE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL BACTERIA METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHENEPLATE SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SWEDEN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOSPITAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CHILE; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CHILE; DRINKING WATER; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORWAY; SEWAGE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84919917055     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.216     Document Type: Article

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