Research Article
Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria and Resistance Genes in Isolates from Ghanaian Drinking Water Sources
Table 8
Inventory of antibiotic resistance genes identified in each bacteria isolate.
| | Isolate | ARGs | Total | | ermF | mexB | blaNDM-1 | sul1 | sul2 | tet(G) | tet(O) | tet(W) | No. | % |
| | Acinetobacter spp. | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 6.9 | | Citrobacter freundii | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2.9 | | Enterobacter spp. | 0 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 12.6 | | Enterococcus spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.6 | | Escherichia coli | 0 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 50 | 28.7 | | Klebsiella spp. | 0 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 27.6 | | Proteus vulgaris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.7 | | Providencia spp. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.3 | | Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6.9 | | Salmonella spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.1 | | Vibrio spp. | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 8.6 | | Total | 0 | 9 | 61 | 80 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 174 | 100.0 |
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