
Total of 65 food vendors were sampled. Sterile swab sticks were used to swab the palms, aprons, plates and spoons of the food vendors and the rinse method was used for bacteria isolation. Antibiotics sensitivity test of isolates was carried out using Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. The bacteria isolates from this study were E. coli 24.41, S. aureus 21.60, B. cereus 9.39, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 15.96, Serratia marcescens 4.70, Klebsiella pneumonia 10.56 and Salmonella enterica 13.38. The bacterial isolates during the course of this study showed wide resistance to conventional antibiotics especially beta-lactams. The findings of this study therefore necessitate the need for sensitization of food vendors and appropriate measures should be established to monitor susceptibility patterns of microorganisms involved as this will help to avoid possible outbreaks.
by Egbuim, Timothy Chukwudiegwu | Umeh, Sophina Ogonna | Izuegbunam, Lilian Chinenye "Prevalence and Antibiogram of Bacteria Associated with Food Vending in Awka-South LGA, Anambra State, Nigeria"
Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-1, December 2018,
URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd19174.pdf
Direct Link: http://www.ijtsrd.com/biological-science/microbiology/19174/prevalence-and-antibiogram-of-bacteria-associated-with-food-vending-in-awka-south-lga-anambra-state-nigeria/egbuim-timothy-chukwudiegwu
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