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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. Mary Cooke ,
Tahere Sazegar ,
A. S. Edmondson ,
Janet C. Brayson  and
Diana Hall
E. Mary Cooke
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL
Tahere Sazegar
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL
A. S. Edmondson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL
Janet C. Brayson
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL
Diana Hall
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9NL
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Hospital food was examined for the presence of Klebsiella species. Salads and cold meat were most frequently contaminated, often containing more than 103 organisms per g. Klebsiella species 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.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , February 1980 , pp. 97 - 101
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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