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Table 3 Percentage of multidrug resistant E. coli isolates obtained from drinking-water sources

From: Comparison of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli obtained from drinking water sources in northern Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Sources (number of isolates tested)

Number and (%) of resistance for multiple antibiotics

 

2–3

4–6

≥7 P

Dry-arid (447)

38 (8.5)

48 (10.7)

10 (2.2)

Open sources (352)

27 (7.6)

39 (11.2)

9 (2.5) 0.199

Closed sources (95)

15 (15.38)

7 (7.7)

0

Lush-mountainous (1,372)

182 (13.3)

189 (13.8)

23 (1.7)

Open sources (1,010)

147 (14.6)

145 (14.4)

9 (0.9) 0.17

Closed sources (362)

38 (10.6)

44 (12.04)

15 (4.2)

  1. Antibiotics tested included ampicillin, amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, ceftazidime, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, kanamycin, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, tetracycline, and trimethoprim