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

Table 3

Levels of antibiotics in leachates at different sections of the flow from Dompoase.

Section	Amoxicillin (μg/mL)	Metronidazole (μg/mL)	Penicillin (μg/mL)
Upstream	16.46 ± 7.41^a	9.13 ± 3.24^a	66.60 ± 9.9^a
Midstream	10.19 ± 4.08^ab	26.02 ± 2.41^b	66.83 ± 2.27^a
Downstream	3.88 ± 0.68^b	19.59 ± 4.05^ab	68.82 ± 2.65^a
Mean levels	10.96 ± 6.93^a	18.25 ± 7.92^a	67.42 ± 5.35^c

Different superscripts (letters) and different number of asterisks in a column and row, respectively, indicate significant difference () in concentrations.