Research Article

Occurrence of Antibiotics and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Landfill Sites in Kumasi, Ghana

Table 6

Zones of inhibition (mm) of antibiotics against isolates and corresponding susceptibility and resistance of isolates to antibiotic.

IsolateOrganismZone diameter (mm)
CNCIPAKAMPAMLCXMETEP

BK4Klebsiella pneumoniaeS(24)S(34)S(26)R(0)R(0)R(0)
DO6Klebsiella pneumoniaeS(24)S(31)S(25)R(0)R(0)R(0)
BK6Enterobacter spp.S(25)S(32)S(26)R(0)R(0)R(0)
DL3Citrobacter spp.S(24)S(30)S(23)R(0)R(0)R(0)
K 1Citrobacter spp.S(24)S(36)S(23)R(0)R(0)R(0)
K 3Proteus vulgarisS(26)S(30)S(29)R(0)R(0)R(0)
OH5Shigella spp.S(19)S(30)S(24)R(0)R(0)R(0)
OH3Shigella spp.S(27)S(37)S(24)R(0)R(0)R(0)
WA5Pseudomonas spp.S(25)S(36)S(27)
DO5Pseudomonas spp.S(24)S(32)S(28)
DO8Pseudomonas spp.S(27)S(39)S(32)
WA1Bacillus spp.S(25)S(30)R(0)S(30)S(28)
WA2Bacillus spp.S(24)S(31)R(0)S(25)S(28)
K2Bacillus spp.S(25)S(32)R(0)S(27)S(30)
DL1Bacillus spp.S(24)S(32)R(0)S(27)I(21)
DO1Bacillus spp.S(28)S(27)R(13)S(27)S(31)
D03Bacillus spp.S(23)S(38)S(19)S(25)S(39)
D04Bacillus spp.S(25)S(38)R(0)S(26)S(25)
BK1Bacillus spp.S(22)S(30)S(27)S(27)I(21)
BK3Bacillus spp.S(23)S(30)R(0)S(25)S(26)
BK5Bacillus spp.S(22)S(30)R(0)S(27)I(21)
OH2Bacillus spp.S(23)S(37)R(0)S(26)S(28)
BK7Bacillus spp.S(23)S(31)R(0)S(27)S(27)
K4Aeromonas hydrophiliaS(26)S(27)
WA3Listeria spp.R(0)S(28)R(0)

CN: gentamicin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; AK: amikacin; AMP: ampicillin; AML: amoxycillin, CXM: cefuroxime: E: erythromycin; TE: tetracycline; P: penicillin. S = susceptible, I = intermediate, and R = resistant.