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.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School, USA.
Karen J
KJ
Vigil
Zhi-Dong
ZD
Jiang
Jaclyn J
JJ
Chen
Kathryn L
KL
Palumbo
Thushara
T
Galbadage
Eric L
EL
Brown
Jing
J
Yiang
Hoonmo
H
Koo
Margaret W
MW
DuPont
Charles
C
Ericsson
Javier A
JA
Adachi
Herbert L
HL
DuPont
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