al-Lahham A B, Abu-Saud M, Shehabi A A
Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Amman, Jordan.
J Diarrhoeal Dis Res. 1990 Dec;8(4):160-2.
During a one-year period, 283 food handlers in Irbid, Jordan were investigated for the presence of potential enteropathogens in their stools. The prevalence rate of enteropathogens among non-Jordanian food handlers (48.0%) was significantly higher (p less than 0.05) than that of the Jordanian group (12.3%). The isolation rates of Salmonella and Shigella were 6% and 1.4% respectively. Multi-drug resistance was frequent among isolates of Salmonella group B and Shigella spp. Intestinal parasites detected in the stools of food handlers included Ascaris lumbricoides (4.9%), Giardia lamblia (3.9%), Schistosoma mansoni, (2.8%), hookworms 2.5%, Hymenolyepis nana (1.8%), Trichuris trichiura (1.1%), Entamoeba histolytica (0.7%), and Taenia saginata (0.4%). This study emphasises the importance of food handlers, particularly the non-Jordanians, in Jordan, as potential source of food-borne infection.
在一年时间里，对约旦伊尔比德的283名食品从业人员进行了调查，以检测其粪便中是否存在潜在的肠道病原体。非约旦籍食品从业人员中肠道病原体的患病率（48.0%）显著高于约旦籍组（12.3%）（p<0.05）。沙门氏菌和志贺氏菌的分离率分别为6%和1.4%。B组沙门氏菌和志贺氏菌分离株中多重耐药现象很常见。在食品从业人员粪便中检测到的肠道寄生虫包括蛔虫（4.9%）、蓝氏贾第鞭毛虫（3.9%）、曼氏血吸虫（2.8%）、钩虫（2.5%）、微小膜壳绦虫（1.8%）、鞭虫（1.1%）、溶组织内阿米巴（0.7%）和牛带绦虫（0.4%）。这项研究强调了约旦食品从业人员，尤其是非约旦籍人员作为食源性感染潜在来源的重要性。
