PREVALENCE OF FLUOROQUINOLONE-RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA-COLI IN AGRICULTURAL AND MUNICIPAL WASTE STREAMS

Authors
PILLAI SD RUBIO E RICKE SC
Citation
Sd. Pillai et al., PREVALENCE OF FLUOROQUINOLONE-RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA-COLI IN AGRICULTURAL AND MUNICIPAL WASTE STREAMS, Bioresource technology, 58(1), 1996, pp. 57-60
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Agriculture
Journal title
Bioresource technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608524
Volume
58
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
57 - 60
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8524(1996)58:1<57:POFEIA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The prevalence of fluoroquinolone-resistant enteric bacteria in agricu ltural and municipal waste streams was investigated by surveying for r esistant Escherichia coli in samples collected from nine locations in the United States and one location in Mexico. None of the 102 isolates that were tested were resistant to either ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin. Microcosm studies using a clinical (ciprofloxacin resistant) Pseudomo nas aeruginosa isolate suggest that the resistance phenotype is stable over multiple generations in the absence of selective antibiotic pres sure. Copyright (C) Elsevier Science Ltd.