Table 1.
Prevalence of Psuedomonas aeruginosa in different types of water.
Water type | Location | No. of tested samples | No. of positive samples | Infection rate | Author |
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Drinking water | Colorado | 3% | Allen and Geldreich (1975) | ||
Guangdong, China | 206 | 129 | 62.62% | Wu et al. (2016) | |
Paris | 368 | 192 | 12.20% | Perrin et al. (2019) | |
French and German long-term care facilities | 35 | 1 | 41% | Martak et al. (2022) | |
Cape Town, South Africa | 709 | 94 | 14% | Opperman et al. (2022) | |
Tap water | Hospitals in Northern Ireland | 494 | 14 | 12.20% | Walker et al. (2014) |
Sinks water | French and German long-term care facilities | 254 | 31 | 2.90% | Martak et al. (2022) |
Water | 18.8% of bottled water 9% of tap water 90% of sewage water | Raposo et al. (2016) |