Prevalence and pattern of bacteria and intestinal parasites among food handlers in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria

Ifeadike, Chigozie Ozoemena; Ironkwe, OC; Adogu, Prosper O. U.; Nnebue, Chinomnso C; Emelumadu, Obiageli Fidelia; Nwabueze, Achunam Simeon; Ubajaka, CF

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“…This finding is in line with the result obtained from study done earlier in Gondar town, Ethiopia and Makkah, Saudi Arabia [9, 10]. Though, other previous reports indicated the presence of intestinal parasites in the fingernails contents of study participants [29, 30]. Likewise, all of the food handlers were not positive for salmonella and Shigella species in respect of their fingernail contents in the present study, which is also in line with previous studies done in Gondar [10, 17] and Abuja, Nigeria [29].…”

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“…Foods that are contaminated with Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus that do not require further heat treatment could cause food-borne illnesses [27]. Escherichia coli was detected on the hands of 2.7% of food handlers' in the current study, which is in accordance with 1.8%–3.9% isolation rates reported in earlier studies [17, 28, 29]. However, this figure is lower than 22%, 10.9%, and 7.8% carriage reported in Jimma, Iran, and Turkey, respectively [16, 19, 28].…”

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Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia

Mengist

Aschale

Reta

2018

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiolog

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Background Food handlers with untrimmed finger nails could contribute or serve as a vehicle for the transmission of food poisoning pathogens. Objectives This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of bacteria and intestinal parasites among food handlers and antibiotic susceptibility profile of the isolated bacteria in Debre Markos University, Ethiopia. Materials and Methods This laboratory-based cross-sectional study involved 220 food handlers working in food service establishments in Debre Markos University between 1st January 2015 to 31th June 2016. Subjects' finger nail specimens of both hands were examined microscopically for intestinal parasites. For bacterial isolation, samples were cultured and bacterial species were identified following standard laboratory procedures. Antimicrobial susceptibility test was performed for all bacterial isolates by using Kirby-Bauer disk diffusion method. Results Of the total 220 subjects examined, 29.5% showed positive culture for different bacterial species from their fingernail contents. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the predominant bacteria species (12.3%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (5%), E. coli (2.7%), Klebsiella species (2.7%), Enterococcus species (1.8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.8%), Proteus species (1.4%), Citrobacter species (1.4%), and Serratia species (0.9%). None of the food handlers showed positive culture for Shigella and salmonella and parasites in respect of their finger nail specimens. Isolation of bacteria in finger nail has significant association with finger nail status (P=0.044) and inverse relation with service years (P=0.048). All Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species isolates were uniformly susceptible to vancomycin. Only one (9.1%) of Staphylococcus aureus isolates was resistant for methicillin. Conclusion To prevent the food poisoning pathogens, implementation and adherence to infection are the key practices, specially food handlers with long finger nail harbor food debris, microbial contaminations, and allergens.

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Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia

Mengist

Aschale

Reta

2018

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiolog

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“…Food-handlers may be infected by a wide range of enteropathogens and have been implicated in the transmission of many infections to the public through poor personal hygiene practice. In this study, the overall prevalence of intestinal parasites among food-handlers was 33% which is in consistence with the study conducted in Wolaita, Ethiopia (33.68%) [27] and comparable with the study done in Arba Minch, Ethiopia (36.0%) [28], Nigeria (38.1%) [29], Khartoum, Sudan (30.5%) [15]. The present prevalence is higher than 20.6%% in Hawassa University, Ethiopia [30], Western Iran (9%) [31], Sari, Northern Iran (15.5%) [32].…”

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Prevalence of intestinal parasites among food handlers at cafeteria of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Girma¹,

Beyene²,

Mekonnen³

2017

APJTD

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“…In this study, the rate of total pathogens isolation from stool is 10% which is quite lower than 62.6% among food handlers working in Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria [23], 30.1% among suspected asymptomatic food handlers for bacteria and parasite in Omdurman, Sudan [24] and 51% among food handlers in Abeokuta [25], but higher than a study from Japan among food workers in which only 0.032% were positive [26] and 0–13.3% in North India [27]. This rate of detection indicates that, the hygienic condition of the food handlers was challenged by the isolation of enteric pathogens like Salmonella from the stool cultures.…”

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Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated risk factors of Shigella and Salmonella among food handlers in Arba Minch University, South Ethiopia

Mama

Alemu

2016

BMC Infect Dis

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BackgroundThe availability of safe food improves health of the people that contributes to productivity and provides an effective platform for development and poverty alleviation. On the other hand, unsafe food handling and processing can serve as a vehicle for the transmission of a variety of disease causing agents. The risk of food getting contaminated depends largely on the health status of the food handlers, their personal hygiene, knowledge and practice of food hygiene. Food borne diseases are therefore a public health problem in developed and developing countries which is also true for Ethiopia. Hence, the aim of this study was to determine prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated risk factors of Shigella and Salmonella among food handlers in Arba Minch University, South Ethiopia.MethodsA cross sectional study was conducted among food handlers in Arba Minch University students’ cafeteria from April- June, 2015. Structured questionnaire was used to collect socio demographic data and associated risk factors. Stool sample was collected and examined for pathogens following standard procedures. Biochemical tests were done to identify the species of pathogens and sensitivity test was done using Kirby- Baur disk diffusion technique.ResultsA total of 376 food handlers were enrolled in the study with the response rate of 100% for data collected by questionnaire. About 7.4% were aged less than 20 years with majority (63.3%) lay in the working age group of 21-35 years. However, a total of 345 food handlers participated for stool examination of whom, stool cultures revealed 6.9% of Salmonella and 3% Shigella isolates. Finger nail status (AOR=0.033), hand washing practice after toilet (AOR= 0.006) and touching food with bare hands (AOR= p < 0.001) were independent predictors of infectious enteric diseases among the food handlers. All isolated pathogens were resistant to amoxicillin (100%), followed by clarithromycin (41%) and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid (35%).ConclusionThe present study showed high prevalence of enteropathogens among the study participants. The study also revealed poor personal hygiene like poor practice of hand washing. Therefore, pre placement, in service training on personal and food hygiene should be provided to all food handlers with regular sanitary inspection to improve adherence of food handlers to personal hygiene and food safety practices.

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Prevalence and pattern of bacteria and intestinal parasites among food handlers in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria

Cited by 54 publications

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Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia

Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia

Prevalence of intestinal parasites among food handlers at cafeteria of Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Southwest Ethiopia

Prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and associated risk factors of Shigella and Salmonella among food handlers in Arba Minch University, South Ethiopia

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