Escherichia coli in settled-dust and air samples collected in residential environments in Mexico City.
Appl Environ Microbiol
; 63(10): 4093-5, 1997 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-9327575
Escherichia coli, an important indicator of the presence of fecal material, was isolated from indoor and outdoor environments in Mexico City. The heterogeneity of E. coli was represented by 89 serotypes, most of them coming from settled-dust indoor samples; 21% of them presented antibiotic multiresistance. The numbers of plasmids were higher among the antibiotic-resistant strains. The results of this study suggest that intestinal infections produced by environmental strains could be of more epidemiological impact than previously thought.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Microbiologia do Ar
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Microbiologia Ambiental
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Escherichia coli
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Appl Environ Microbiol
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos