Antibiotic resistance genes in the environment: Prioritizing risks

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 396-

  Bengtsson Palme, Johan ^a   Larsson, D G Joakim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 84929507714     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3399-c1     Document Type: Letter

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