Research Article
Assessment of the Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Wastewater in Health Facilities of Ethiopia
Table 1
Frequency of bacterial isolates from influent and effluent wastewater released from health facilities.
| | Bacterial isolates | Arba Minch Hospital | Sikella Health Center effluent frequency (%) | Secha Health Center effluent frequency (%) | Total frequency (%) | | Influent frequency (%) | Effluent frequency (%) |
| | S. aureus | 7 (17.5) | 4 (15.4) | 3 (33.3) | 2 (33.3) | 16 (19.8) | | Klebsiella spp. | 6 (15) | 5 (19.2) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (33.3) | 15 (18.5) | | E. coli | 5 (12.5) | 4 (15.4) | 2 (22.2) | 2 (33.3) | 13 (16) | | P. aeruginosa | 5 (12.5) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (11.1) | — | 10 (12.3) | | Enterobacter spp. | 5 (12.5) | 2 (7.7) | 1 (11.1) | — | 8 (9.9) | | Citrobacter spp. | 4 (10) | 3 (11.5) | — | — | 7 (8.6) | | Coagulase-negative Staphylococci | 3 (7.5) | 2 (7.7) | — | — | 5 (6.2) | | Salmonella spp. | 3 (7.5) | 2 (7.7) | — | — | 5 (6.2) | | Shigella spp. | 2 (5) | — | — | — | 2 (2.5) | | Total | 40 (100) | 26 (100) | 9 (100) | 6 (100) | 81 (100) |
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