Understanding the contribution of environmental factors in the spread of antimicrobial resistance

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 243-252

  Fletcher, Stephanie ^a  

^a SOUTH WESTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antimicrobial; Environmental health; Hygiene; Sanitation; Water

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRINKING WATER; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYGIENE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SANITATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SHIGELLA; SOIL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENT; FAR EAST; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BACTERIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENT; FAR EAST; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84943200757     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-015-0468-0     Document Type: Review

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