Assessment of well water as a reservoir for extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) and carbapenem resistant from Iwo, Osun state, Nigeria.

Background And Objectives: Unsafe water supplies are of public health concern, especially in developing countries. This article aims to investigate the microbiological quality of water from eight Wells in Iwo and to explore for the extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) and carbapenemase genes contained in isolated enteric bacteria from in the water samples.

Materials And Methods: Bacterial isolation and identification were done using standard conventional methods.