Characterization of CTX-M enzymes, quinolone resistance determinants, and antimicrobial residues from hospital sewage, wastewater treatment plant, and river water

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 136, Issue , 2017, Pages 62-69

  Conte, Danieli ^a   Palmeiro, Jussara Kasuko ^a,b   da Silva Nogueira, Keite ^b   de Lima, Thiago Marenda Rosa ^c   Cardoso, Marco André ^a,b   Pontarolo, Roberto ^b   Degaut Pontes, Flávia Lada ^b   Dalla Costa, Libera Maria ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA PELÉ PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c SANEPAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Enterobacteriaceae; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; BETA LACTAMASE CTX M; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIVER WATER; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBAPENEMASE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG RESISTANCE; EFFLUENT; ENZYME; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PLASMID; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLA GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL WASTE; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PLASMID; RIVER; WASTE WATER;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PLASMIDS; QUINOLONES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84994311409     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.10.031     Document Type: Article

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