Antimicrobial resistance determinants of Escherichia coli isolates recovered from some rivers in Osun State, South-Western Nigeria: Implications for public health

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-94

  Titilawo, Yinka ^a   Obi, Larry ^a   Okoh, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Genetic marker; Multi drug resistance; Nigeria; Prevalence; Rivers

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH RISKS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RISKS; RECOVERY; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE PATTERNS; ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; DISC DIFFUSION METHODS; GENETIC MARKERS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANTS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AACC2 GENE; AADA GENE; AMPC GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APHA1 GENE; APHA2 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOSAFETY; BLATEM GENE; BLAZ GENE; CATI GENE; CATII GENE; CMIA1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRA GENE; SUL1 GENE; SUL11 GENE; TETA GENE; TETB GENE; TETC GENE; TETD GENE; TETK GENE; TETM GENE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RIVER;

NIGERIA; OSUN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NIGERIA; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84926313851     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.095     Document Type: Article

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