Sayyad Sirvan, Vahabi Ahmad, Vahabi Boshra, Sayyadi Mahnaz, Sahne Shahnaz Haji
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Kermanshah, Iran.
Cellular & Molecular Research Center, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.
Mater Sociomed. 2016 Feb;28(1):17-20. doi: 10.5455/msm.2016.28.17-20. Epub 2016 Jan 30.
American cockroaches, Periplaneta americana, are the most important pests in hospitals and dwelling environments. They are mechanical vectors of some bacterial pathogens.
The present investigation was carried out in Ghods hospital and 5 dwelling localities of Paveh city to evaluate bacterial infestations of American cockroaches in this region of Iran.
The samples were randomly collected from hospital environments and toilets and kitchens of the dwelling localities from December-March 2012 and July-September 2013. The samples were captured using sterile test tubes and sterile hand gloves.
Totally, 98 cockroaches were collected from hospital (45.9%) and dwelling (54.1%) environments. Eight groups of bacteria including: Pseudomonas spp., Proteus spp., Klebsiella spp., Staphylococcus spp., Bacillus spp., Serratia spp., Entrobacter spp. and Escherichia coli were extracted.
The findings of the present study revealed that the American cockroaches are very important in transmission of some bacterial pathogens, so health education and using the effective control methods to elimination and reduction of cockroaches are necessary.
美洲大蠊(Periplaneta americana)是医院和居住环境中最重要的害虫。它们是一些细菌病原体的机械传播媒介。
本研究在伊朗帕韦市的戈德医院和5个居住地区进行,以评估该地区美洲大蠊的细菌感染情况。
于2012年12月至2013年3月以及2013年7月至9月,从医院环境以及居住地区的厕所和厨房中随机采集样本。使用无菌试管和无菌手套捕获样本。
总共从医院环境(45.9%)和居住环境(54.1%)中收集到98只蟑螂。提取出八组细菌,包括:假单胞菌属、变形杆菌属、克雷伯菌属、葡萄球菌属、芽孢杆菌属、沙雷菌属、肠杆菌属和大肠杆菌。
本研究结果表明,美洲大蠊在某些细菌病原体的传播中非常重要,因此开展健康教育并采用有效的控制方法来消灭和减少蟑螂是必要的。