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

Table 7

PCR detection of antibiotic resistance genes in DNA extracted from bacteria isolates at different water sources.

Water source	No. of test isolates	ARGs
		ermF	mexB	blaNDM-1	sul1	sul2	tet(G)	tet(O)	tet(W)	Total
										No.	%
Borehole	6	0	0	5	6	0	0	1	1	13	7.47
Dam	29	0	2	16	28	2	2	1	2	53	30.46
Hand-dug well	13	0	0	9	13	0	1	1	1	25	14.37
Streams	36	0	7	31	33	5	3	2	2	83	47.70
Total	84	0 (0.0)	9 (5.17)	61 (35.06)	80 (45.98)	7 (4.02)	6 (3.45)	5 (2.87)	6 (3.45)	174	100