Research Article
Antibiotic Resistance Profile of E. coli Isolates from Lettuce, Poultry Manure, Irrigation Water, and Soil in Kumasi, Ghana
Table 1
Bacterial counts, geometric means, and ranges of E. coli isolates from lettuce, manure, soil, and irrigation water on all farms (n = 156).
| Sampling site | Parameter | Geometric mean (MPN/100 ml) (log10 SD) | Range |
| KNUST | Lettuce | 5.90 × 106 (0.65) | 2.00 × 105–1.67 × 107 | Manure | 3.954 × 106 (0.74) | 2.00 × 105–1.31 × 107 | Soil | 6.57 × 106 (0.69) | 3.00 × 105–1.31 × 107 | Irrigation water | 3.25 × 106 (0.57) | 3.00 × 105–1.24 × 107 |
| Deduako | Lettuce | 1.83 × 106 (0.49) | 2.00 × 105–5.7 × 106 | Manure | 3.95 × 106 (0.71) | 2.00 × 105–1.67 × 107 | Soil | 4.15 × 106 (0.75) | 2.00 × 105–1.31 × 107 | Irrigation water | 4.68 × 106 (0.71) | 3.00 × 105–1.31 × 107 |
| Boadi | Lettuce | 5.62 × 106 (0.56) | 5.55 × 105–1.42 × 107 | Manure | 2.97 × 106 (0.51) | 2.80 × 105–5.7 × 106 | Soil | 4.93 × 106 (0.60) | 4.00 × 105–1.28 × 107 | Irrigation water | 4.32 × 106 (0.69) | 2.80 × 105–1.67 × 107 |
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