Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil

Diseases transmitted by water consists a serious public health problem and enterobacteria are the main group of microorganisms responsible for outbreaks in humans. Such pathogenic bacteria proliferate in water polluted by domestic and industrial sewage and reach the population through seawater conta...

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Published in:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Main Authors: N. G. G. S. Lourenço, C. K. Takahashi, T. F. Lopes, C. A. M. Lopes
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2007
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992007000200006
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:18938b3743f542ffac17dbfbad126dc3 2023-05-15T15:06:22+02:00 Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil N. G. G. S. Lourenço C. K. Takahashi T. F. Lopes C. A. M. Lopes 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992007000200006 https://doaj.org/article/18938b3743f542ffac17dbfbad126dc3 EN eng SciELO http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992007000200006 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9199 doi:10.1590/S1678-91992007000200006 1678-9199 https://doaj.org/article/18938b3743f542ffac17dbfbad126dc3 Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 472-478 (2007) estuarine water environmental parameters Enterobacteriaceae antimicrobial susceptibility Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Toxicology. Poisons RA1190-1270 Zoology QL1-991 article 2007 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-91992007000200006 2022-12-31T01:57:13Z Diseases transmitted by water consists a serious public health problem and enterobacteria are the main group of microorganisms responsible for outbreaks in humans. Such pathogenic bacteria proliferate in water polluted by domestic and industrial sewage and reach the population through seawater contact. The aim of the present work was to study environmental parameters as well as to identify Enterobacteriaceae species and their antimicrobial susceptibility in water samples collected from the estuarine area of São Vicente city (São Paulo State, Brazil). Strains were identified by using traditional biochemical tests described in literature and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were carried out using the disk diffusion method. Out of 26 samples, Escherichia coli was the most frequent species (40.1%), followed by Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Klebsiella. The most effective drugs against the tested microorganisms were gentamycin, netilmicin, ciprofloxacin and cefepime. Since these bacteria are commonly found in seashore contaminated by sewage effluents, it can be concluded that estuarine waters of São Vicente are polluted and potentially capable of causing diseases and spreading pathogenic bacteria to human communities. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases 13 2
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topic estuarine water
environmental parameters
Enterobacteriaceae
antimicrobial susceptibility
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
spellingShingle estuarine water
environmental parameters
Enterobacteriaceae
antimicrobial susceptibility
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
N. G. G. S. Lourenço
C. K. Takahashi
T. F. Lopes
C. A. M. Lopes
Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil
topic_facet estuarine water
environmental parameters
Enterobacteriaceae
antimicrobial susceptibility
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Toxicology. Poisons
RA1190-1270
Zoology
QL1-991
description Diseases transmitted by water consists a serious public health problem and enterobacteria are the main group of microorganisms responsible for outbreaks in humans. Such pathogenic bacteria proliferate in water polluted by domestic and industrial sewage and reach the population through seawater contact. The aim of the present work was to study environmental parameters as well as to identify Enterobacteriaceae species and their antimicrobial susceptibility in water samples collected from the estuarine area of São Vicente city (São Paulo State, Brazil). Strains were identified by using traditional biochemical tests described in literature and antimicrobial susceptibility tests were carried out using the disk diffusion method. Out of 26 samples, Escherichia coli was the most frequent species (40.1%), followed by Citrobacter, Enterobacter and Klebsiella. The most effective drugs against the tested microorganisms were gentamycin, netilmicin, ciprofloxacin and cefepime. Since these bacteria are commonly found in seashore contaminated by sewage effluents, it can be concluded that estuarine waters of São Vicente are polluted and potentially capable of causing diseases and spreading pathogenic bacteria to human communities.
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author N. G. G. S. Lourenço
C. K. Takahashi
T. F. Lopes
C. A. M. Lopes
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C. K. Takahashi
T. F. Lopes
C. A. M. Lopes
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title Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil
title_short Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil
title_full Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil
title_fullStr Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of São Vicente, São Paulo state, Brazil
title_sort environmental parameters and antimicrobial susceptibility of enterobacteriaceae isolated from estuarine waters of são vicente, são paulo state, brazil
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