Klebsiellaspecies in hospital food and kitchens: a source of organisms in the bowel of patients

Cambridge University Press (CUP) - Tập 84 Số 1 - Trang 97-101 - 1980
E. M. Cooke1, Tahere Sazegar1, A. S. Edmondson1, Janet C. Brayson1, Diana Hall1
1Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL

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SUMMARYHospital food was examined for the presence ofKlebsiellaspecies. Salads and cold meat were most frequently contaminated, often containing more than 103organisms per g.Klebsiellaspecies were also widely distributed in the kitchen environment which was considered, at least in part, to be the source of the organisms in food.By the use of serological and bacteriocin typing, intestinal carriage of strains ingested in food could be demonstrated.

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Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Tập 84 Số 1

97-101

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