title: Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli in wastewaters, surface waters, and oysters from an urban riverine system.
abstract: The antibiotic resistance (AR) patterns of 462 Escherichia coli isolates from wastewater, surface waters, and oysters were determined. Rates of AR and multiple-AR among isolates from surface water sites adjacent to wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) discharge sites were significantly higher (P < 0.05) than those among other isolates, whereas the rate of AR among isolates from oysters exposed to WWTP discharges was low (<10%).
authors.affiliation: National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, University of Queensland, 39 Kessels Rd., Coopers Plains, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 4108. a.watkinson@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Watkinson
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Micalizzi
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Costanzo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002947:Cities; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014873:Water Pollutants