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Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli O157 in locally produced soft cheese | ||
| The Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Medicine (IJVM) | ||
| Article 7, Volume 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-99 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Author | ||
| Fadia Abd AL-Muhsin Al-Khyat | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Escherichia coli is consedered to be one of the normal flora of the human and animal intestinal tract, but there are some serotypes which are diagnosed as a pathogenic such as Enteroheamorrhagic E.coli O157 that cause disease ranging in severity from mild to lethal and it's significant as a major food- borne pathogen and as a public health problem. The purpose of this study was to provide the prevalence of E.coli and E.coli O157 in locally produced soft cheeses, detection and enumeration were carried out using specific differential media (CT.SMAC,E.M.B.), serological test (Latex O157) and biochemical test. A total of 50 samples of locally produced soft cheeses were collected from supermarket in Baghdad City during the period from April till the end of May 2007. The result revealed that there was a significant (P<0.05) difference in the isolation percentage, E.coli was isolated from 47 samples (94%) while E.coli O157 isolated from 40 samples (80%). The data also revealed that there was a significant (P<0.05) difference in the mean of microbial counts E.coli and E.coli O157 recorded (4.7x106 , 2.4x105 CFU/g) respectively. These result suggest that the serotype O157 is prevalent within dairy product and processing environment. | ||
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