Investigation of Carriers Aınong Working in the Kitchens of Selcuk University

BÜLENT BAYSAL, EMİNE İNCİ TUNCER, Ahmet Saniç, Halil Özerol, Büyük Neşati

  • BÜLENT BAYSAL: NECMETTİN ERBAKAN ÜNİVERSİTESİ, MERAM TIP FAKÜLTESİ, TIBBİ MİKROBİYOLOJİ AD
  • EMİNE İNCİ TUNCER: SELÇUK ÜNİVERSİTESİ
  • Ahmet Saniç: On dokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Halil Özerol: İstanbul Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Büyük Neşati: Selçuk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
  • Year : 1991
  • Vol : 7
  • Issue : 3
  •  Page : 347-351
In this study, the conditions of carriage among 111 people working in the kitchens of Selcuk University were evaluated. From pharyngeal secretions 4.5% S.aureus, . 2.7% B hemolytic streptecocci; from nasal secretion 73.9% S.aureus, 4.5% Gram negative bacilli; From hand and nail scrapings 57.7%S.aureus, 9.9% Gram negative bacilli were grown. The pathogen Staphylococci colonization of nasal secretions were interesting. No Salmonella and Shigella species was found in the feces speciment, and it was found by parasitological evaluaton that %4.5 of the workers have helminthiasis and 3.6% giardiasis. The percentage of HBsAg was 7.2%. The necessary precautions were taken, and follow-up examinations and controls carried out quarterly.

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Selcuk Medical Journal
1991, Vol. 7 (3)
ISSN: 1017-6616
E-ISSN: 2149-8059
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