title: Frequency of nasal Helicobacter pylori carriage among cooks.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the frequency of nasal Helicobacter pylori carriage among cooks living in Bolu, Ardahan and Sakarya province of Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 54 cooks (10 from Bolu, 29 from Ardahan and 15 from Sakarya) were enrolled. Nasal Helicobacter was tested using polymerase chain reaction.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Helicobacter pylori was detected in only one cook.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nasal Helicobacter pylori colonisation ratio in cooks in Turkey was found to be very low. Presumably hand hygiene compliance lowered the frequency.
authors.affiliation: Department of infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Sakarya University, Faculty of Medicine, Sakarya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Oguz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.forename: Ertugrul
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guclu
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocoglu
authors.forename: Davut
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sencan
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karabay
authors.forename: Hasan Tahsin
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Gozdas
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003296:Cooking; D006235:Hand Disinfection; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016480:Helicobacter pylori; D006801:Humans; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D009790:Occupations; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014421:Turkey