Microbial Quality of Some Fresh-Cut Ready-to-Eat Fruits Sold in Some Markets and Bus Terminals in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana

Table 2

Bacterial contaminates of fruits sold in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana.

Fruit	Number examined	Number of samples contaminated with each species of bacteria (%)
		E. coli	Salmonella spp.	Shigella spp.
Tiger nut	54	16 (29.63)	17 (31.5)	18 (33.3)
Watermelon	54	17 (31.5)	16 (29.63)	13 (24.1)
Pineapple	54	15 (27.8)	10 (18.5)	14 (25.9)
Pawpaw	54	9 (16.7)	5 (9.3)	13 (24.1)
Sugarcane	54	10 (18.5)	5 (9.3)	10 (18.5)
Total (%)	270	67 [24.81%]	53 [19.62%]	68 [25.18%]