Prevalence of Vibrio cholerae in human-, poultry-, animal excreta and compost samples

Authors

  • Md Aftab Uddin Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka 1217
  • Md Wali Ullah Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka 1217
  • Rashed Noor Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka 1217

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/sjm.v2i1.15213

Keywords:

Vibrio cholerae, human excreta, personal hygiene, domestic animal, compost

Abstract

Transmission of Vibrio cholerae might take place in water bodies that often undergo contamination with human-, poultry- and animal excreta. In the present study, wastes from all three categories were analyzed microbiologically. Twelve poultry excreta samples, 12 human excreta samples and 12 cowdung samples were examined for the presence of V. cholerae. High prevalence of V. cholerae was found in each of the samples and the highest prevalence was observed for human excreta samples (2.2x108 cfu/g). Besides, 24 compost samples, which were prepared using human feces, were tested. The load of V. cholerae was found lower in the compost samples (from 0 to 2.2x103 cfu/g) than that of the excreta samples. The study of antibiogram showed that all the isolates were resistant against ampicillin, erythromycin, tetracycline, chloramphenicol, nalidixic acid, meropenem and cefotaxime.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/sjm.v2i1.15213

Stamford Journal of Microbiology, Vol.2(1) 2012: 38-41

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Published

2013-06-04

How to Cite

Uddin, M. A., Ullah, M. W., & Noor, R. (2013). Prevalence of Vibrio cholerae in human-, poultry-, animal excreta and compost samples. Stamford Journal of Microbiology, 2(1), 38–41. https://doi.org/10.3329/sjm.v2i1.15213

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)

Section

Original Articles