Where Did They Come from—Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogenic Escherichia coli in a Cemetery Environment?

Where Did They Come from—Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogenic Escherichia coli in a Cemetery Environment?

Human burial in cemeteries facilitates the decomposition of corpses without posing a public health danger. However, the role of cemeteries as potential environmental reservoirs of drug-resistant pathogens has not been studied. Thus, we investigated cemeteries as potential environmental reservoirs of...

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Main Authors: Akebe Luther King Abia, Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa, Chantelle Schmidt, Matthys Alois Dippenaar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-08-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
cemetery
pathogenic E. coli
multi-drug resistance
antibiotic resistance
environmental reservoirs
public health
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/7/3/73

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