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Short Communication: Antibiotic resistance among faecal coliform bacteria isolated from wastewater before and after treatment by an experimental sand filter

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During the functioning period of a sand filter, 254 and 234 faecal-coliform strains were isolated from raw wastewater and reclaimed effluent, respectively. When tested for their susceptibility to ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin and tetracycline, 53% of the strains from the raw sewage and 84% of those isolated from the effluent were resistant to at least one antibiotic. The high incidence of drug resistance in the effluent was connected with a high proportion of Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterobacter cloacae and Citrobacter freundii.

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  1. Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences Semlalia, Université Cadi Ayyad, 40 000, Marrakech, Morocco. Fax

    L. Hassani & L. Rafouk

  2. Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Ibnou Zohr, Agadir, Morocco

    A. Aït Alla

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Hassani, L., Rafouk, L. & Alla, A.A. Short Communication: Antibiotic resistance among faecal coliform bacteria isolated from wastewater before and after treatment by an experimental sand filter. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 15, 317–319 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008811409552

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