Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river

Water Research

Volumn 69, Issue , 2015, Pages 234-242

  Rodriguez Mozaz, Sara ^a   Chamorro, Sara ^a   Marti, Elisabet ^a   Huerta, Belinda ^a   Gros, Meritxell ^a   Sànchez Melsió, Alexandre ^a   Borrego, Carles M ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a,b   Balcázar, Jose Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Aquatic ecosystem; Urban and hospital wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; GENES; HOSPITALS; MICROORGANISMS; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE GENES; ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WASTE WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; GENE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIVER POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EFFLUENT; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIAL GENE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CITIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITALS; RIVERS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84943360187     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.021     Document Type: Article

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