Short report: Coliform and escherichia coli contamination of desserts served in public restaurants from guadalajara, mexico, and houston, texas

Karen J. Vigil; Zhi Dong Jiang; Jaclyn J. Chen; Kathryn L. Palumbo; Thushara Galbadage; Eric L. Brown; Jing Yiang; Hoonmo Koo; Margaret W. Dupont; Charles Ericsson; Javier A. Adachi; Herbert L. Dupont

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.606

Short report: Coliform and escherichia coli contamination of desserts served in public restaurants from guadalajara, mexico, and houston, texas

Karen J. Vigil, Zhi Dong Jiang, Jaclyn J. Chen, Kathryn L. Palumbo, Thushara Galbadage, Eric L. Brown, Jing Yiang, Hoonmo Koo, Margaret W. Dupont, Charles Ericsson, Javier A. Adachi, Herbert L. Dupont

Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	606-608
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	80
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.606
State	Published - Apr 2009

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Virology
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Vigil, K. J., Jiang, Z. D., Chen, J. J., Palumbo, K. L., Galbadage, T., Brown, E. L., Yiang, J., Koo, H., Dupont, M. W., Ericsson, C., Adachi, J. A., & Dupont, H. L. (2009). Short report: Coliform and escherichia coli contamination of desserts served in public restaurants from guadalajara, mexico, and houston, texas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 80(4), 606-608. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.606

Vigil, KJ, Jiang, ZD, Chen, JJ, Palumbo, KL, Galbadage, T, Brown, EL, Yiang, J, Koo, H, Dupont, MW, Ericsson, C, Adachi, JA & Dupont, HL 2009, 'Short report: Coliform and escherichia coli contamination of desserts served in public restaurants from guadalajara, mexico, and houston, texas', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, vol. 80, no. 4, pp. 606-608. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.606

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