Research Article
Microbial Assessment of Tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) Sold at Some Central Markets in Ghana
Table 3
Distribution of Multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria isolates in fresh and spoilt tomatoes.
| | Isolates (total no. isolated) | No. of MDR isolates | Resistant pattern | of MDR |
| | Citrobacter species (5) | 1 | AMP-TET-CRX | 40 | | | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTD | | | | 2 | AMP-TET-CRX-CTX | | | Citrobacter koseri (5) | 1 | TET-GEN-CRX-CHL-CTX | 40 | | | 1 | AMP-TET-COT-CRX-CHL-CTX | | | Enterobacter sp. (16) | 1 | CRX-CTR-CTX | 25 | | | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTR-CTX | | | | 1 | AMP-TET-GEN-CRX-CTR-CTX | | | | 1 | AMP-TET-COT-CRX-CHL-CTX | | | Enterobacter cloacae (3) | 1 | AMP-TET-CRX-CTX | 33 | | Klebsiella sp. (10) | 1 | TET-CRX-CTR-CTX | 40 | | | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTR-CTX | | | | 1 | AMP-TET-CRX-CHL-CTR-CTX | | | | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTX | | | Klebsiella oxytoca (8) | 1 | AMP-TET-CRX | 50 | | | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTX | | | | 2 | AMP-TET-CRX-CTX | | | Klebsiella pneumonia (1) | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTX | 100 | | Proteus mirabilis (2) | 1 | AMP-CRX-CTR-CTX | 50 |
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TET= Tetracycline, COT= Cotrimoxazole, GEN= Gentamicin, CRX= Cefuroxime, CHL= Chloramphenicol, CTX= Cefotaxime, CTR= Ceftriaxone, MEM= Meropenem, AMK= Amikacin, CIP= Ciprofloxacin, and AMP= Ampicillin.
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