Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of bacterial contamination by colony-forming units (CFU/mL), frequency, and type of thermotolerant coliform identified
| Coliform levels | |
| Thermotolerant coliform count (CFU/mL)—median (IQR 1st–3rd Quantile) | 2 (0–85) |
| Thermotolerant coliform count (CFU/mL)—mean (SD) | 100.0 (177.9) |
| Bacterial types | Households, % (95% CI) N |
| Thermotolerant coliform (any level) | 55.4% (49.7,61.0) 174 |
| Escherichia coli | 37.3% (31.9, 42.9) 117 |
| Klebsiella | 8.0% (5.2, 11.5) 25 |
| Enterobacter | 5.1% (95% CI: 2.9, 8.1) 16 |
| Citrobacter | 2.5% (95% CI: 1.1, 5.0) 8 |