Microbial Load and Antibiotic Resistance of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Khebab Sold on a University Campus and Its Environs in Ghana

Table 1

Mean loads of E. coli and S. aureus in beef khebab sold on the KNUST campus and its environs.

Location	Range of E. coli load (MPN/g)	Mean load of E. coli (log10 MPN/g)	Range of S. aureus load (CFU/g)	Mean load of S. aureus (log10 CFU/g)
Kotei	0.00–9.30 × 10^5	3.77 ± 2.94^ab	3.10 × 10^2–1.44 × 10^6	4.09 ± 1.47
Ayeduase	9.00 × 10^4–2.10 × 10^6	5.61 ± 0.57^b	6.40 × 10^3–2.96 × 10^7	5.12 ± 1.81
Kentinkrono	0.00–9.30 × 10^5	1.99 ± 3.08^a	8.80 × 10^2–9.60 × 10^6	5.46 ± 1.52
Boadi	0.00–2.30 × 10^5	1.79 ± 2.77^a	3.70 × 10^3–2.94 × 10^6	5.43 ± 1.40
KNUST campus	0.00–2.40 × 10^6	3.91 ± 3.06^ab	6.40 × 10^2–4.40 × 10^6	4.80 ± 1.56
Ayigya	2.30 × 10^5–9.30 × 10^6	6.12 ± 0.60^b	4.40 × 10^5–1.94 × 10^6	5.96 ± 0.24
CV (%)		63.2		27.8
value		0.019		0.323

MPN = most probable number; CFU = colony-forming unit. Mean loads with the same letters are not significantly different ( > 0.05).