Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in drinking water fountains in urban parks

Autor:	Solange Martone Rocha, Milena Dropa, Francisca Alzira dos Santos Peternella, Geyse A C Santos, Maria Tereza Pepe Razzolini
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Microbiology (medical) Staphylococcus aureus Veterinary medicine Parks Recreational 010501 environmental sciences Biology medicine.disease_cause 01 natural sciences Methicillin 03 medical and health sciences Antibiotic resistance Microbial resistance medicine Humans Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Water Science and Technology 0303 health sciences 030306 microbiology Drinking Water SCCmec Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health ANTIBIÓTICOS Antimicrobial Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infectious Diseases Residual chlorine Water quality Brazil
Zdroj:	Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP
ISSN:	1996-7829 1477-8920
DOI:	10.2166/wh.2020.042
Popis:	The presence of Staphylococcus aureus in drinking water is a concern because of its potential to cause human infection and also because of its multiple antimicrobial resistance. This study evaluated the water quality of drinking water fountains and mist makers in four municipal parks of São Paulo for 13 months. Although all samples met bacteriological water quality criteria according to Brazilian regulations, the absence of residual chlorine (
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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