Research Article

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Isolates from Ghanaian Drinking Water Sources

Table 6

Multiple antibiotic-resistant indexes of bacteria isolate at various water sources.

Water sourceTotal numbers of test (isolates)No. of resistant test (resistant isolates)MAR
Gram negativeGram positiveTotalGram negativeGram positiveTotal

Borehole6395160.7
Dam29837263290.8
Hand-dug well13922122140.6
Streams36642315360.9
Total8426110741185

MAR : MAR index per sampling source.