Research Article

Prevalence and Antibiogram of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from Cattle Milk Products Sold in Juja Sub-County, Kenya

Table 3

Prevalence of bacteria isolated from milk and milk products sold in various outlets in wards of Juja Sub-County, Kenya.

BacteriaJuja (n = 45)Withethie (n = 20)Murera (n = 43)Kalimoni (n = 23)Theta (n = 38)Total (n = 169)

S. sciuri3 (6.7%)2 (10%)5 (11.6%)4 (17.4%)7 (18.4%)21 (12.4%)
S. saprophyticus2 (4.5%)4 (20%)2 (4.7%)2 (8.7%)4 (10.5%)14 (8.3%)
S. warneri2 (4.5%)1 (5%)2 (4.7%)0 (0%)2 (5.3%)7 (4.1%)
S. xylosus1 (2.2%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (0.6%)
Escherichia coli12 (26.7%)4 (20%)0 (0%)1 (4.3%)3 (7.9%)20 (11.8%)
Serratia marcescens4 (8.9%)0 (0%)4 (9.3%)2 (8.7%)5 (13.2%)15 (8.9%)
Enterobacter asburiae1 (2.2%)1 (5%)4 (9.3%)1 (4.3%)3 (7.9%)10 (5.9%)
Enterobacter cloacae3 (6.7%)0 (0%)8 (18.6%)1 (4.3%)7 (18.4%)19 (11.3%)
Bacillus cereus2 (4.5%)1 (5%)3 (6.9%)0 (0)0 (0%)6 (3.6%)
Klebsiella pneumoniae2 (4.5%)0 (0%)3 (6.9%)0 (0)0 (0%)5 (2.9%)
Aeromonas spp.0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)4 (17.4%)0 (0%)4 (2.4%)
Citrobacter fruendii1 (2.2%)0 (0%)0 (0%)2 (8.7%)0 (0%)3 (1.8%)
Exiguobacterium acetylicum0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (2.3%)0 (0%)1 (2.6%)2 (1.2%)
Acinetobacter baumanii0 (0%)0 (0%)2 (4.7%)0 (0%)0 (0%)2 (1.2%)
Raoultella ornithinolytica0 (0%)1 (5%)0 (0%)0 (0%)0 (0%)1 (0.6%)
Total33 (73.6%)14 (70%)34 (79%)17 (73.8%)32 (24.61)130 (76.9%)