Ubiquitous occurrence of sulfonamides in tropical Asian waters.

• Main Authors: Shimizu, Akiko, Takada, Hideshige, Koikea, Tatsuya, Takeshita, Ayoko, Saha, Mahua, Rinawati,, Nakada, Norihide, Murata, Ayoko, Suzuki, Tokuma, Suzuki, Satoru, Chiem, Nguyen Huu, Tuyen, Bui Cach, Viet, Pham Hung, Siringan, Maria Auxilia, Kwan, Charita, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Reungsang, Alissara
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28919/1/Ubiquitous%20occurrence%20of%20sulfonamides%20in%20tropical%20Asian%20waters.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/28919/

Seven sulfonamides, trimethoprim, five macrolides, lincomycin and three tetracyclines were measured in 150 water samples of sewage, livestock and aquaculture wastewater, and river and coastal waters, in five tropical Asian countries. The sum of the concentrations of the target antibiotics in sewage...