Table 4.
%ESBL-Ec, stratified by site, city and season of water samples from Accra and Kasoa, Ghana, from August 2018–December 2019, October 2019–February 2020, May, and June 2020.
| Sample Type | Sample Number | Median Proportion | (Q1 b, Q2 c) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (N) | (%ESBL-Ec) a | (cfu/100 mL) | P d | ||
| Sites | 0.00 | ||||
| Upstream | 24 | 2.93 | (1.57, 4.29) | ||
| Downstream | 24 | 6.06 | (4.57, 7.64) | ||
| Human wastewater | 24 | 1.58 | (1.04, 6.00) | ||
| Animal wastewater | 24 | 0.30 | (0.10, 0.84) | ||
| Season | 1.00 | ||||
| Wet | 48 | 2.53 | (1.00, 6.10) | ||
| Dry | 48 | 3.20 | (0.93, 6.01) | ||
| City | 0.07 | ||||
| Accra | 48 | 4.08 | (0.79, 6.37) | ||
| Kasoa | 48 | 2.06 | (0.99, 5.32) | ||
| Sample Total | 96 | 2.79 | (0.96, 6.03) |
a ESBL-Ec—Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase Escherichia coli, b Q1 first quartile, c Q3 third quartile, d Mann-Whitney U/Kruskal Wallis test, CFU = colony-forming units.