Implications of fluoroquinolone contamination for the aquatic environment—A review

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2647-2656

  Janecko, Nicol ^a   Pokludova, Lucie ^b   Blahova, Jana ^a   Svobodova, Zdenka ^a   Literak, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b Institute for State Control of Veterinary Biologicals and Medicines   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Ecotoxicity; Freshwater ecology; Residues

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROORGANISMS; TOXICITY; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ECOTOXICITY; ECOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; METABOLITE COMPOUNDS; RESIDUES;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS;

QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGA; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INVERTEBRATE; LITERATURE REVIEW; METABOLITE; MICROORGANISM; TOXICITY; VERTEBRATE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ECOSYSTEM; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROQUINOLONES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84992391329     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3552     Document Type: Review

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