Table 1 Types of samples collected and the collection site

From: Environmental dissemination of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli across one health interfaces in Mymensingh, Bangladesh

Site

Sample type (N)

Sample collection site

Collection amount

Hospital

Sewage wastewater (3)

Sewage outlet

400 mL sewage wastewater (early morning, when flow was consistent).

Poultry farm

Wastewater effluent (3)

Effluent outlet

500 mL wastewater from effluent outlets post-cleaning

Cattle farm

Wastewater effluent (3)

Effluent outlet

500 mL wastewater from effluent outlets post-cleaning

Aquaculture farms

Pond water (3)

Three different sites of the pond

Composite pond water (150–200 mL from 5–6 sites, mixed to 400 mL).

River Khiro

Water samples (2)

Upstream and downstream

30 cm below the surface at upstream/downstream sites.