Prevalence and Phenotypic and Genotypic Resistance Mechanisms of Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Clinical, Environmental, and Poultry Litter Samples from the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Table 2

Sample screened and the number of P. aeruginosa isolates obtained.

Source of Sample	Total sample (n = 900)	Number of isolates (n = 87)	Percentage (%)
Clinical	364	47	12.9
Stool	78	31	39.7
Urine	97	15	15.4
Blood	100	0	0
Farm hands	89	1	1.1
Environmental	260	35	13.4
Sewage	96	12	12.5
Market floors	104	15	14.4
Others^a	60	8	13.3
Poultry litter	276	5	1.8

Others^a: environmental samples collected from market tables, community-based latrines, and water source.