Surveillance for contamination of salad with listeria monocytogenes in some of Baghdad restaurants
Joint Authors
Fathi, lham Abid
Abbud, Nahlah Husayn
Ahmad, Mustafa Akram
Husayn, Ala Shalan
Ali, Sad al-Din Husayn
Subayh, Hind Khalid
Shihab, Shihab Husayn
Source
al-Kindy College Medical Journal
Issue
Vol. 15, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.4-8, 5 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad al-Kindi College of Medicine
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Background: Listeria monocytogenes, a member of the genus Listeria, is widely distributed in agricultural environments, such as soil, manure and water.
The genus of Listeria bacteria is about 15-17 species.
It is a pathogenic bacterium that can cause a rare but dangerous infection called listeriosis.
Objectives: Studying the rate of salads contaminated with Listeria bacteria.
and Listeria monocytogenes according to International, Arabic and Iraqi specifications and finding the correlation between commitments of restaurants to standard health conditions with contamination with these bacteria Methods: The study included 152 samples of salads taken from 39 restaurants chosen randomly and of different levels and places in Baghdad from the period between 1/9/2014 to 20/1/2015.
The laboratory tests were carried out on samples based on internationally approved methods in addition to methods of the International Standards Organization.
Results: The study revealed that 23 samples (15.13%) from the 152 samples taken from the restaurants were contaminated with Listeria species.
of these, 3 (2%) were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and 20 (13.2%) were contaminated with other types of different and non-pathogenic Listeria as follows; (Listeria welshimeri, Listeria seeligeri, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria grayi, Listeria innocua) with the following prevalence (7(4.6%), 6(3.9%), 3(2%), 3(2%), 1 (0.7%) respectively).
Conclusions: Contamination of salads taken from restaurants with Listeria bacteria is not uncommon.
This indicates that routine examination is necessary and should be added to the Iraqi standard for salads.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Fathi, lham Abid& Abbud, Nahlah Husayn& Ahmad, Mustafa Akram& Husayn, Ala Shalan& Shihab, Shihab Husayn& Ali, Sad al-Din Husayn…[et al.]. 2019. Surveillance for contamination of salad with listeria monocytogenes in some of Baghdad restaurants. al-Kindy College Medical Journal،Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.4-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Fathi, lham Abid…[et al.]. Surveillance for contamination of salad with listeria monocytogenes in some of Baghdad restaurants. al-Kindy College Medical Journal Vol. 15, no. 2 (2019), pp.4-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Fathi, lham Abid& Abbud, Nahlah Husayn& Ahmad, Mustafa Akram& Husayn, Ala Shalan& Shihab, Shihab Husayn& Ali, Sad al-Din Husayn…[et al.]. Surveillance for contamination of salad with listeria monocytogenes in some of Baghdad restaurants. al-Kindy College Medical Journal. 2019. Vol. 15, no. 2, pp.4-8.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 7-8
Record ID
BIM-945795