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OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to evaluate the microbial quality of the well water used as a drinking source in urban and rural households. METHODS:A total of 80 household well water samples were analyzed by the multiple fermentation tube method to determine the presumptive coliform count/most probable number of coliforms, and the isolates were identified using standard procedures, followed by susceptibility testing. RESULTS:Fecal indicator organisms, including Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. were isolated from 22 (27.5%) samples, and the majority (92.5%) of the water sources were contaminated with coliforms. A total of 170 bacterial isolates were obtained, including coliforms (70%), Enterococcus spp. (1.8%) and saprophytes (28.2%). A significant number of isolates were multi-drug resistant, which is a cause of concern. A comparison of the microbial quality of the water between urban and rural households revealed no significant differences. CONCLUSION:It might be prudent to monitor the bacteriological quality of well water at the source in addition to resistance profiles of the isolates.
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J Infect Public Healthjournal_title
Journal of infection and public healthauthors
Mukhopadhyay C,Vishwanath S,Eshwara VK,Shankaranarayana SA,Sagir Adoi
10.1016/j.jiph.2012.03.004subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-06-01 00:00:00pages
257-62issue
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1876-0341issn
1876-035Xpii
S1876-0341(12)00033-0journal_volume
5pub_type
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