[The absence of Yersinia enterocolitica in foods and animal reservoirs in areas of the state of Pernambuco, Brazil].
A search for the presence of enteropathogenic bacteria in fresh vegetables obtained in 5 restaurants from the city of Recife, revealed neither Yersinia enterocolitica nor other pathogenic bacteria in 96 samples analyzed. Furthermore, Y. enterocolitica was not found in the oral and rectal swabs taken from 15 apparently healthy pigs at an abattoir in the municipality of Bonito in the Pernambuco State. Another search in which twenty one rodents from four species and one marsupial specimen were examined did not detect the presence of Yersinia and other enteropathogenic bacteria.
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D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008322:Mammals / Q000382:microbiology; D012147:Restaurants; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification*