Prevalence and Removal Efficiency of Enterococcal Species and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci of a Hospital Wastewater Treatment Plant

• Main Authors: Fatemeh Karimi (Author), Mohammad Reza Samarghandi (Author), Reza Shokoohi (Author), Kazem Godini (Author), Mohammad Reza Arabestani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, 2016-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Simultaneous presence of various antibiotics and bacteria in hospital wastewaters creates a suitable environment, in which the bacteria, such as ‎enterococci become resistant to the antibiotics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of different units of the hospital wastewater treat...