Table 5.
List of bacteria reported in drinking water in Bangladesh and their possible health effects.
| Bacteria | Possible health effects | References |
|---|---|---|
| Aeromonas hydrophila | Variety of diseases like septicemia, gastroenteritis in young children and elderly | (Ahmed, 2013) |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | Cause infections in urinary and respiratory tracts | (De Gheldre, 1997) |
| Enterococcus species | Cause infection in urinary tract | (Felmingham, 1992) |
| Escherichia coli | Cause food poisoning, gastroenteritis, urinary tract infections | (Todar, 2007) |
| Klebsiella species | An astute pathogen that ordinarily causes nosocomial contaminations in the urinary tract, respiratory tract, lung, wound destinations | (Chung, 2016) |
| Listeria species | Variety of diseases like meningitis, endocarditis and has high mortality rate | (Acharjee, 2011; Sauders et al., 2012) |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Causes diseases in newborns and elderly patients | (Ahmed, 2013) |
| Salmonella species | Typhoid | (Farooqui, 2009) |
| Shigella species | Cause abdominal pain, tenesmus, watery diarrhea | (Baron, 1996) |
| Staphylococcus species | Cause superficial skin lesions, food poisoning | (Baron, 1996) |
| Vibrio cholerae | Cholera | (Herrington, 1988; Alam, 2006) |