Genetic characterization of fluoroquinolone resistant Escherichia coli from urban streams and municipal and hospital effluents

Escherichia coli with reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, isolated from urban streams, wastewater treatment plants and hospital effluent between 2004 and 2012, were compared based on multilocus sequence typing (MLST), quinolone and beta-lactam resistance determinants and plasmid replicon type....

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Main Author: Varela, Ana Rita (author)
Other Authors: Macedo, Gonçalo N. (author), Nunes, Olga C. (author), Manaia, Célia M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/19872
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/19872