International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences
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10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12
Volume 8 Issue 3
2017 (July - September)
Pattern of Carbapeneme Resistance Among Bacterial Population in various Water Bodies of Delhi/NCR
Current investigation was aimed to enhance the knowledge about the prevalence of antibiotic resistance in diverse bacterial lessThan i greaterThan lessThan /i greaterThan genera of varied water bodies of Delhi and NCR. During the period of August to November 2012, samples were collected from various water sources (RO water, tap water, stagnant water, river water and sewage treatment plant water). The most prevalent bacteria were lessThan i greaterThan Enterobacter aerogens lessThan /i greaterThan (34.37%) from drinking water, lessThan i greaterThan Klebsiella lessThan /i greaterThan (69.23%) from stagnant water, lessThan i greaterThan E.aerogens lessThan /i greaterThan (23.52%) from river water and lessThan i greaterThan Klebsiella lessThan /i greaterThan (20%) and lessThan i greaterThan Citrobacter diversus lessThan /i greaterThan (20%) from sewage treatment plant water. Antimicrobial susceptibility of bacterial isolates was evaluated against 7 antibiotics using Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. The highest rate of resistance was observed with carbapeneme (48.38%), Cephalosporin (30.64%) Quinolones (17.74%) and aminoglycosides(3.2%) antibiotics respectively .Carbapenem resistance were detected in 3 isolates of lessThan i greaterThan E.coli lessThan /i greaterThan and lessThan i greaterThan Pseudomonas lessThan /i greaterThan respectively ,and 1 isolate of lessThan i greaterThan Klebsiella lessThan /i greaterThan .
NAMITA BEDI, ARPIT BANSAL AND RAJNI GIAND
Carbapenem resistance, Enterobacteriaceae, Water bodies
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