Research Article

Multiple Antibiotic Resistance-Coliform Bacteria in Some Selected Fish Farms of the Central Region of Ghana

Table 3

Antibiotic resistance patterns observed among 63 coliform bacteria.

Number of antibioticsResistance patternNumber of bacterial isolates

0No resistance1
1AMP4
2CRX + AMP8
2AMP + TET1
3CRX + CTX + AMP5
3COT + AMP + TET1
3COT + CRX + AMP1
3CRX + AMP + TET8
3CRX + CTR + CTX1
4COT + CRX + AMP + TET3
4CRX + CTR + CTX + AMP1
4CRX + CTX + AMP + TET4
5COT + CRX + CTR + CTX + AMP1
5COT + CRX + CHL + CTX + AMP1
5COT + CRX + CHL + AMP + TET3
6COT + CRX + CHL + CTX + AMP + TET2
6COT + CRX + CTR + CTX + AMP + TET2
7COT + CRX + CHL + CTR + CTX + AMP + TET13
8COT + GEN + CRX + CHL + CTR + CTX + AMP + TET3
Total63

COT = co-trimoxazole; GEN = gentamicin; CRX = cefuroxime; CHL = chloramphenicol; CTR = ceftriaxone; CTX = cefotaxime; AMP = ampicillin;TET =  tetracycline.