National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The possible bacterial contamination of the door handles of public “service” cars working within the city of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, was investigated. Door handles from 22 cars were sampled and cultured on multiple culture media. From the 22 samples, 29 different isolates were grown and identified. Of these, 17 (58.6%) were Staphylococcus aureus, 11 (37.9%) were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp. and 1 (3.5%) was Klebsiella oxytoca. Of the 22 door handles sampled, 16 (72.7%) grew Staphylococcus aureus, 12 (54.5) grew coagulase-negative Staphylococcus spp., 1 (4.5%) grew Klebsiella oxytoca and 2 (9.0%) did not grow any organism. As the isolated organisms were involved in nosocomial and community acquired infections, their presence poses a threat, especially to passengers who might be immunocompromised. Regular cleaning procedures are suggested to protect the users of these door handles from the possible dangers associated with these organisms.
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