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Antibiotic resistance of coliforms in drinking water in rural areas
P W Ramteke1, A Gaur, S P Pathak
1Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow.
The Indian Journal of Medical Research
|May 1, 1990
Abstract:
The antibiotic sensitivity of 197 coliform sp. isolated from drinking water in five rural areas was studied. Twelve strains (6.1%) showed multiple antibiotic resistance, three (1.5%) of which were able to transfer the resistances to an Escherichia coli K-12 recipient. It seems unlikely that the occurrence of transmissible multiple antibiotic resistance among coliforms in drinking water in the areas studied poses a significant public health risk.