Carriage by the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) of multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to humans, in hospitals and households in Tripoli, Libya

@article{Elgderi2006CarriageBT,
  title={Carriage by the German cockroach (Blattella germanica) of multiple-antibiotic-resistant bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to humans, in hospitals and households in Tripoli, Libya},
  author={R M Elgderi and Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh and Nuri Berbash},
  journal={Annals of Tropical Medicine \& Parasitology},
  year={2006},
  volume={100},
  pages={55 - 62}
}
Abstract Using standard bacteriological procedures, 403 cockroaches (Blattella germanica) collected in Tripoli, from hospitals or the households surrounding the hospitals, were examined for bacteria that are potentially pathogenic to humans. Almost all of the cockroaches (96.1% of the 253 from hospitals and 98.7% of the 150 from households) were found to be carrying potentially pathogenic bacteria, with similar mean burdens of 3.2 × 105 colony-forming units (cfu) (range=0–1.4 × 107) for each… 
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