There are various benefits offered by street vended foods, but street foods are contaminated with many foodborne pathogens includes enteric pathogenic bacteria like Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae has become a potential health hazard problem all over the world. The aim of this study was to evaluate the complete microbial status of common foodborne pathogens including enteric pathogen Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae and identify the presence and find out the contamination level of Escherichia coliand Vibrio cholerae with Antibiotic sensitivity status from different street foods in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. For this assessment, 42 street food samples of 6categories were collected from 7 different areas of Dhaka city. In all food samples, Total Viable Bacterial Count (TVBC) was Ranged from 1.3x107 to 8×107cfu/g, Total Coliform Count (TCC) was Ranged from 1x107 to 4.5 x107cfu/g, Total Escherichia coli Count (TEC) was Ranged from 2×104 to 7.9x106cfu/g and Total Vibrio cholerae Count (TVC) was ranged from 1x102 to 5.3x106cfu/g. In addition, out of the 42 analyzed food samples Escherichia coliwas found in 28 (66.67%) samples and Vibrio cholera was found in 26 (61.90%) samples. The isolated pathogenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae was identified by Cultural, Gram Staining, and Biochemical tests. The isolated pathogens were then tested for antibiotic sensitivity and the results revealed that isolated Escherichia coli were resistant against Streptomycin (85.71%), Ceftriaxone (100%), Erythromycin (100%), Cefixime (100%), Meropenem (100%), and Gentamycin (71.42%) and isolated Vibrio cholerae were resistant against Streptomycin (84.62%), Erythromycin (100%), Cefixime (100%), Meropenem (100%), Amikacin (100%), and Gentamycin (57.69%) areoutrageous. The results revealed that the contamination percentage of pathogenic Escherichia coli(22%) and Vibrio cholerae (23%) in Gulistanwas high than the other areas.
Street Foods; Total Viable Bacterial Count; Total Coliforms Count; Escherichia coli; Vibrio cholerae; Antibiogram
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