Bacterial contamination of water samples in Gabon, 2013

Abstract

Contamination of water is a major burden in the public health setting of developing countries. We therefore assessed the quality of water samples in Gabon in 2013. The main findings were a contamination rate with coliforms of 13.5% and the detection of a possible environmental reservoir for extended spectrum beta-lactamase-producing bacteria.

Keywords

• Africa
• contamination
• extended spectrum beta-lactamase
• Salmonella
• water