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Table 14.2
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S. No.
Country
Number of samples/sites
Antibiotics
Concentration range (μg/L)
Water type
References
6
Tunisia
–
Chloramphenicol,
thiamphenicol, florfenicol,
paromycin,
dihydrostreptomycin,
kanamycin B, aparamycin,
streptomycin, amikacin,
sisomycin, neomycin and
gentamycin
ND-0.016
Pharmaceutical industrial
wastewater, wastewater
treatment plant and sea
waters
Tahrani et al. (2016)
7
China
–
Ofloxacin, norfloxacin,
ciprofloxacin and
enrofloxacin
0.078–2.029
Raw and treated sewage and
in receiving waters
Tong et al. (2011a, b)
8
China
58
Enrofloxacin, ciprofloxacin
and florfenicol
0.0–7.49
Animal wastewater, animal
farm-effluent, river water,
and pond water
Wei et al. (2012)
9
China
6
Trimethoprim, sulfadiazine,
sulfamethoxazole,
sulfachloropyridazine,
ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin,
tetracycline, oxytetracycline,
erythromycin and
roxithromycin
0.027–0.210
Haihe river
Luo et al. (2011)
10
South Africa
15
Ciprofloxacin, aspirin,
ampicillin, nalidixic acid,
ketoprofen, bezafibrate,
diclofenac, ibuprofen,
acetaminophen,
sulfamethoxazole, atenolol,
caffeine, streptomycin,
tetracycline, erythromycin,
chloramphenicol, andtylosin
0.46–2.75
Umgeni river
Agunbiade and Moodley
(2014)
11
Pakistan
–
Ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin,
sparfloxacin, moxifloxacin
and gemifloxaci
0.2–224
Hospital waste
Ashfaq et al. (2016)
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