Isolation of multidrug resistant Salmonella spp. from the river Yamuna in Delhi Region of India

The present study was conducted to explore the prevalence of multidrug resistant Salmonella spp. in the water of river Yamuna in Delhi region of India. The river Yamuna which is a major tributary of river Ganges flows through the three states of northern India comprising Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The samples of water for the isolation of Salmonella spp. were randomly collected from different locations of the river Yamuna flowing through the three states of Delhi NCR and processed as per standard guidelines of fssai, CDC and WHO for the isolation of the Salmonellae