Research Article
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Isolates from Ghanaian Drinking Water Sources
Table 3
Occurrence and distribution of bacteria isolated from the drinking water sources.
| | Bacteria | Boreholes | Dams | Hand-dug wells | Streams | Total | | No. | (%) |
| | Acinetobacter spp. | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5.5 | | Bacillus spp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | | Citrobacter freundii | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | | Enterobacter spp. | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 10.0 | | Enterococcus spp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.9 | | Escherichia coli | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 20.9 | | Klebsiella spp. | 1 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 21.8 | | Proteus vulgaris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | | Providencia spp. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.8 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4.5 | | Salmonella spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.9 | | Staphylococcus aureus | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 14.5 | | Staphylococcus epidermidis | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5.5 | | Streptococcus agalactiae | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.7 | | Vibrio spp. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6.4 | | Total | 9 (8.2) | 37 (33.6) | 22 (20.0) | 42 (38.2) | 110 | 100.0 |
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Number in parentheses represents the percent of the total isolates obtained. |
