Abstract
Escherichia coli, an important indicator of the presence of fecal material, was isolated from indoor and outdoor environments in Mexico City. The heterogeneity of E. coli was represented by 89 serotypes, most of them coming from settled-dust indoor samples; 21% of them presented antibiotic multiresistance. The numbers of plasmids were higher among the antibiotic-resistant strains. The results of this study suggest that intestinal infections produced by environmental strains could be of more epidemiological impact than previously thought.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Air Microbiology*
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Air Pollution, Indoor
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Diarrhea / epidemiology
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Diarrhea / microbiology
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Drug Resistance, Microbial
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Dust
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Environmental Microbiology*
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Escherichia coli / classification
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Escherichia coli / drug effects
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Escherichia coli / isolation & purification*
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Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology
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Escherichia coli Infections / microbiology
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Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification
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Feces / microbiology
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Housing
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Humans
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Mexico / epidemiology
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Serotyping
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Urban Health