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Reduced Bacterial Counts from a Sewage Treatment Plant but Increased Counts and Antibiotic Resistance in the Recipient Stream in Accra, Ghana—A Cross-Sectional Study
Wastewater treatment plants receive sewage containing high concentrations of bacteria and antibiotics. We assessed bacterial counts and their antibiotic resistance patterns in water from (a) influents and effluents of the Legon sewage treatment plant (STP) in Accra, Ghana and (b) upstream, outfall,...
Autores principales: | Adomako, Lady A. B., Yirenya-Tawiah, Dzidzo, Nukpezah, Daniel, Abrahamya, Arpine, Labi, Appiah-Korang, Grigoryan, Ruzanna, Ahmed, Hawa, Owusu-Danquah, Josiah, Annang, Ted Yemoh, Banu, Regina A., Osei-Atweneboana, Mike Y., Timire, Collins, Tweya, Hanock, Ackon, Stephen E. D., Nartey, Emmanuel, Zachariah, Rony |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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MDPI
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8163181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34068850 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6020079 |
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