Asymptomatic carriage of bacteria in food workers in Nilufer district, Bursa, Turkey


PALA K., Oezakin C., AKIŞ N., Sinirtas M., Gedikoglu S., Aytekin H.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.40, no.1, pp.133-139, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.3906/sag-0811-12
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.133-139
  • Keywords: Food workers, faecal carriage, nasal carriage, bacterial pathogens, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, LISTERIA-MONOCYTOGENES, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT, NASAL CARRIAGE, PREVALENCE, HANDLERS, OUTBREAK, TRANSMISSION, POPULATION, STRAINS
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim: This study was carried out in order to determine the nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and the faecal carriage of Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in food industry workers.