Occurrence of drug-resistant bacteria in communal well water around Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- 1 August 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 103 (1) , 193-202
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0950268800030491
Abstract
SUMMARY: A total of 108 raw water samples was collected from 36 wells at nine shanty settlements around Port Harcourt, Nigeria, over a period of 7 months. Samples were analysed for their bacteriological quality. Selected bacterial strains isolated from the samples were tested for their susceptibility to ten commonly used antibiotics. The organisms isolated includePseudomonasspp.,Klebsieilaspp.,Staphylococcusspp.,Proteusspp.,Enterococcus faecalis,Aeromonasspp.,Escherichia coli,Chromobacteriumspp.,Flavobacteriumspp., andSerratiaspp.Out of 300 strains tested, 23 (6·9%) were susceptible to all the antibiotics, 277 (92·3%) were resistant to at least one antibiotic and 232 (77·3%) were resistant to two or more antibiotics. The epidemiological significance of these results is discussed.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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