Journal of Microbial & Biochemical Technology

Microbiological and epidemiological analysis of waterborne pathogens in Faisalabad city and categorization using antibiotic resistance patterns

Joint Event on 4^th World Congress and Expo on Applied Microbiology & 2^nd International Conference on Food Microbiology

November 29-December 01, 2017 Madrid, Spain

Faisal Siddique, Maida Manzoor, Iftikhar Hussain and Asif Iqbal

Riphah College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Microb Biochem Technol

Abstract:

Three hundred and eighty four water samples were collected from girls� and boys� hostels of University of Agriculture and eight towns of Faisalabad district. These water samples were analyzed on the basis of cultural, morphological and biochemical characteristics to isolate and characterized waterborne bacteria. The outcomes of this project revealed that Escheria coli was (27.85%) found more as compared to Staph aureus (17.5%), Salmonella typhi (12.32%), Shigella dysenteriae (10.5%) and Ent. faecalis (6.7%) in city Faisalabad. These bacterial isolates were highly resistant against penicillin, tetracycline, streptomycin and amoxicillin whereas susceptible for ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin and chloramphenicol. Highest prevalence of risk factors associated with gastroenteritis was found in contaminated drinking water (35%) as followed by age < 5 years (20%), age > 45 years (15%), irrational use of antibiotics (13%), immune status (7%), smoking (5%), and psychological factors (5%). These findings revealed bacterial contamination in drinking water supplies, which were pathogenic and produced serious gastrointestinal infection.