Research Article
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Isolates from Ghanaian Drinking Water Sources
Table 5
Antibiotic resistance patterns of Gram-positive bacteria isolated from the water sources.
| Isolate | Pattern of antibiotic resistance: (number of resistant strains per antibiotic) | Multiple resistances | AMP | COX | ERY | TET | COT | CRX | GEN | PEN | CIP | AUG | VAN | MEM | No. | % | MAR |
| Bacillus spp. () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Enterococcus spp. () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | Staphylococcus aureus () | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 59.6 | 2.3 | Staphylococcus epidermidis () | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 36.2 | 1.4 | Streptococcus agalactiae () | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.2 | Total | 1 (2.1) | 7 (14.9) | 1 (2.1) | 2 (4.3) | 1 (2.1) | 7 (14.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (2.1) | 8 (17.0) | 8 (17.0) | 10 (21.3) | 47 | 100 | |
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Key: AMP: ampicillin; COX: cloxacillin; ERY: erythromycin; TET: tetracycline; COT: cotrimoxazole; CRX: cefuroxime; GEN: gentamicin; PEN: penicillin; CHL: chloramphenicol; CTR: ceftriaxone; CTX: cefotaxime; CIP: ciprofloxacin; AUG: augmentin; VAN: vancomycin; MEM: meropenem.
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