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Determination of four fluoroquinolone antibiotics in tap water in Guangzhou and Macao

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 158; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.envpol.2010.03.019

1873-6424

Yiruhan, Qiaojun Wang, Ce-Hui Mo, Yan-Wen Li, Peng Gao, Yiping Tai, Yan Zhang, Zhi-Li Ruan, Jiawei Xu,

Antibiotic Use and Resistance

Four fluoroquinolone antibiotics (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, lomefloxacin, and enrofloxacin) in tap water in Guangzhou and Macao were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography fluorescence detection. The results showed that all target antibiotics were detected in high rate both in Guangzhou (77.5%) and Macao (100%), ranging from 1.0 to 679.7 ng/L (SD ≤ 37.6) in Guangzhou, and from 2.0 to 37.0 ng/L (SD ≤ 2.5) in Macao. The fluoroquinolone antibiotics pollution in tap water widely distributes in Guangzhou and Macao. In addition, the effect of rainfall on concentration of fluoroquinolone antibiotics in south China was also investigated. Our result indicates that the antibiotic concentration in tap water in Guangzhou tends to obviously reduce at the beginning of rainy season, even decreases below the limit of quantification immediately. Thus, it was clarified that the heavy rain in south China has the function of reducing the fluoroquinolone antibiotics concentrations in tap water.