Research Article

Occurrence of Pharmaceutical Residues and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Water and Sediments from Major Reservoirs (Owabi and Barekese Dams) in Ghana

Table 6

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

OrganismsAMPAMLCXMCIPDOXEGENMETCHL

Bacillus sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (17)S (25)S (25)R (10)R (15)R (0)
Clostridium sp.R (8)R (12)R (7)R (11)R (0)R (18)R (16)R (13)R (11)
Klebsiella sp.R (0)R (0)R (7)10 (R)R (0)R (0)R (15)R (0)R (10)
Corynebacterium sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (15)S (24)IPR (0)R (10)R (0)
Enterobacter sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (16)R (0)R (0)R (0)R (0)R (0)
Acinetobacter sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (9)R (0)R (0)R (0)R (0)R (0)
Bacillus sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (15)S (24)S (25)R (0)R (0)R (0)
Listeria sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (16)S (22)R (0)R (0)R (10)R (0)
Pseudomonas sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (12)R (0)R (0)IP (0)R (0)R (0)
Clostridium sp.R (17)R (18)R (0)R (0)R (19)R (8)R (8)R (11)R (10)
Enterobacter sp.R (0)R (0)R (0)R (12)R (0)R (0)R (0)R (8)R (8)

AMP: ampicillin; AML: amoxicillin; CXM: cefuroxime; CIP: ciprofloxacin; DOX: doxycycline; E: erythromycin; GEN: gentamicin; MET: metronidazole; CHL: chloramphenicol; S: susceptible; R: resistant; IP: in preparation (limited information in EUCAST database).