Coliform and Escherichia coli contamination of desserts served in public restaurants from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Houston, Texas.
Bacterial enteropathogens acquired from contaminated food are the principal causes of travelers' diarrhea (TD). We evaluated desserts obtained from popular restaurants in the tourist city of Guadalajara, Mexico, and Houston, Texas, to determine coliform and Escherichia coli contamination levels and presence of diarrheagenic E. coli known to be important in TD. Contamination for all organisms was seen for desserts served in Guadalajara restaurants. Desserts should be considered as potentially risky foods for development of TD among international visitors to developing regions of the world.
Vigil
Karen J
KJ
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, USA.
Jiang
Zhi-Dong
ZD
Chen
Jaclyn J
JJ
Palumbo
Kathryn L
KL
Galbadage
Thushara
T
Brown
Eric L
EL
Yiang
Jing
J
Koo
Hoonmo
H
DuPont
Margaret W
MW
Ericsson
Charles
C
Adachi
Javier A
JA
DuPont
Herbert L
HL
D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005516:Food Microbiology; D007054:Ice Cream / Q000382:microbiology; D008800:Mexico; D012147:Restaurants; D013781:Texas