Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria from a Lentic Freshwater Body in Iwo, Nigeria
O. E. Atobatele, A. A. Owoseni
Microbiology Research Journal International · pp. 604–612 · Published 29 May 2015
10.9734/BMRJ/2015/17924Abstract
Aims: Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become a major public health concern, the aim was to study bacterial resistance to antibiotics in bacteria isolated from Aiba water sampled from 4 locations in 3 different months Place and Duration of Study: Water samples were collected from Aiba reservoir Iwo and Isolation and characterization of bacteria was carried out at the Department of Biological Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State between January 2013 and December 2013. Methodology: Bacterial resistance to antibiotics was studied by collecting representative spatial and seasonal water samples from 4 locations and in 3 different months respectively. Isolation and identification of bacteria were carried out using standard isolation and biochemical methods. Antibiotic sensitivity testing was done for 8 antibiotics using the standard Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Multivariate statistical analysis and plots were carried out using PAST software. Results: One hundred percent (100%) of the isolates were resistant to cloxacillin followed by amoxicillin (87%), co-trimoxazole (78.3%) and augmentin (76%). Both gentamycin and ofloxacin recorded resistance of <10%. Thirty eight point five percent (38.5%) of the bacteria isolates were resistant to 4 antibiotics while only 11.5% exhibited mono-resistance. Conclusion: The presence of high level multidrug resistance signifies a public health hazard.
References (24)
- 1 Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by a Standardized Single Disk Method [DOI]
- 2 Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli [DOI]
- 3 Manual for the identification of medical bacteria.
- 4 Clinical veterinary microbiology
- 5 Plasmid encoded antibiotic resistance: acquisition and transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in bacteria [DOI]
- 6 Clinical veterinary microbiology
- 7 PAST: paleontological statistics software package for education and data analysis version 2.09
- 8 Potential Ecological and Human Health Impacts of Antibiotics and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria from Wastewater Treatment Plants [DOI]
- 9 Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance Observed in Escherichia coli Isolates Obtained from Domestic- and Wild-Animal Fecal Samples, Human Septage, and Surface Water [DOI]
- 10 Different behavior of tetracyclines and sulfonamides in sandy soils after repeated fertilization with liquid manure [DOI]
- 11 What Do We Feed to Food-Production Animals? A Review of Animal Feed Ingredients and Their Potential Impacts on Human Health [DOI]
- 12 Antibiotic resistance in soil and water environments [DOI]
- 13 Role of Various Enterotoxins in Aeromonas hydrophila- Induced Gastroenteritis: Generation of Enterotoxin Gene-Deficient Mutants and Evaluation of Their Enterotoxic Activity [DOI]
- 14 Disinfection of swine wastewater using chlorine, ultraviolet light and ozone [DOI]
- 15 Prevalence of bacterial resistance to quinolones and other antimicrobials among avian Escherichia coli strains isolated from septicemic and healthy chickens in Spain [DOI]
- 16 Low-Virulence Citrobacter Species Encode Resistance to Multiple Antimicrobials [DOI]
- 17 AeromonasIsolates from Human Diarrheic Stool and Groundwater Compared by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis [DOI]
- 18 Characterization of a mobile and multiple resistance plasmid isolated from swine manure and its detection in soil after manure application [DOI]
- 19 Bacteriological water assessment of an urban river in Nigeria [DOI]
- 20 Occurrence of ceftriaxone-resistant commensal bacteria on a dairy farm and a poultry farm [DOI]
- 21 Enumeration and speciation of group D streptococci from above and below a sewer outfall, their susceptibilities to six antibiotics and a comparison with clinical isolates [DOI]
- 22 Antibiotic Sensitivity and Sequence Amplification Patterns of Genes in Multidrug Resistant Enterobacteria Isolates from Processed Foods in Some West African Countries [DOI]
- 23 Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology [DOI]
- 24 Bacteria, Distribution and Community Structure [DOI]
Cited by 1
Related research
- Efficacy of Nitrofurantoin and Fosfomycin against Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamase Producing Uropathogens in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance: A Cross-sectional Study — shares topic coverage
- Multidrug-resistant Uropathogens in Urinary Tract Infection Patients: A Comprehensive Study at Al-Rifai Teaching Hospital — shares topic coverage
- Potential of Surface Water Gram-negative Bacterial Flora as a Reservoir of Heterogeneous Plasmid and Multi-drug Resistance Phenomenon — shares topic coverage
- Poultry Environment as a Reservoir of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria – A Nigerian Story — shares topic coverage
- Bacteriological Quality and Prevalence of Multidrug Resistant Gram-negative Bacteria from Surface and Underground Domestic Water Sources in Selected Locations in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
53
Page views
0
PDF downloads
34
Outbound clicks
1
Citations
Views over time
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.