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Archives   2005

Myanmar   Health   Sciences   Research   Journal

Volume   17,  Number   2

TITLE:   Potential source of infection through vegetables with a note on bacterial pathogens isolated from children with diarrhoea.
AUTHOR:   Mar Mar Nyein; Mi Mi Htwe; Khin Myat Tun; Kyi Kyi Aye
SOURCE:   Myanmar Health Sciences Research Journal. 2005; 17(2): 66-71
ABSTRACT:   Distribution of bacterial pathogens was studied on 350 specimens of vegetables from bazaars and salads from street vendors in 10 townships in three seasons during March 2000 to August 2001. Similarly, 62 cases of diarrhoeic children attendedthe Yangon Children's Hospital during May to August, 2001 were tested for isolation of pathogens. All the vegetables and salads were heavily contaminated with coliforms and faecal coliforms. Salmonella species, Shigella dysenteriae and S. sonnei were isolated from Thaketa, Insein and Mingaladon respectively. Vibrio cholerae was isolated from Tamwe and Kamayut. S. dysenteriae was isolated from coriander (nan-nan-pin) and V. cholerae from hsala. Various serogroups of Escherichia coli (O6K15, O28a/cK73, O25K+, O86K62, O142K+, O146K89, O148K+) were isolated from vegetables: Aeromonas hydrophilia, enteropathogenic E. coli (O27K+, O28a/cK73, O111K58, O114K90, O119K69, O128K67, O148K+, O157K+, O159K+), Plesiomonas shigelloides, S. dysenteriae A, S. sonnei phase 1, V. cholerae O1 (Ogawa) and V. cholerae 139were isolated from 27 cases (43.55%) of diarrhoeic children. Studies on antibiotic resistance and plasmid pattern sreveal that some clinical and environmental E. colipossess similar pattern of resistance gene. Thus, environm ental health care is important to eliminate transmission of infections. From experiments, just washing with clean water 11 times could not eliminate faecal coliforms totally. However, washingvegetables at least three times with clean water(1 litre each for 50 grams) andtreating with 0.001 percent of potassium permanagate for 30 minutes and again washing out with clean.
SUBJECT HEADINGS:   Diarrhea. Vegetables.
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