Viability of multiple antibiotic resistant bacteria in distribution lines of treated sewage effluent used for irrigation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2939-2948

  Al Bahry, S N ^a   Mahmoud, I Y ^a   Al Khaifi, A ^a   Elshafie, A E ^a   Al Harthy, A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacteria; Distribution system; Pollution; Sewage treated effluent

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; IRRIGATION; OXYGEN; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBENICILLIN; CHLORINE LEVELS; COLIFORMS; DISTRIBUTION LINES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; ENTEROBACTER; GULF REGION; HEALTH ISSUES; MEAN VALUES; MINOCYCLINE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SULPHAMETHOXAZOLE; TREATED EFFLUENT; WATER RECYCLE SYSTEM;

EFFLUENTS;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORINE; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE; NEOMYCIN; NITRATE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMINANCE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NITRATE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; TURBIDITY; VIABILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WILD POPULATION;

AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KLEBSIELLA; KLUYVERA; NONHUMAN; OMAN; PASTEURELLA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

AEROMONAS; ENTEROBACTER; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 85000297785     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.687     Document Type: Article

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