Prevalence and antibiogram profiling of Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from the kat river and the fort beaufort abstraction water

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 8213-8227

  Nontongana, Nolonwabo ^a   Sibanda, Timothy ^a   Ngwenya, Elvis ^a   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; E. coli pathotypes; Kat River; Public health; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIVER WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; PATHOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AADA1 GENE; AGAR DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DFRA1 GENE; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEONTAL MENINGITIS ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; TETA GENE; UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EASTERN CAPE; FORT BEAUFORT; KAT RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84924552627     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph110808213     Document Type: Article

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