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VALDIVIEZO LUGO, Nailec; VILLALOBOS DE B, Luz Bettina  e  MARTINEZ NAZARET, Rosa. Evaluación microbiológica en manipuladores de alimentos de tres comedores públicos en Cumana - Venezuela. Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2006, vol.26, n.2, pp.95-100. ISSN 1315-2556.

The quality of food handlers of three collective dining rooms in the city of Cumaná was evaluated. Samples of hands were analyzed by direct contact in agar Vogel-Jhonson (Merck) for detection of S. aureus and in agar McConkey (Merck) and SS (Merck) for enterobacteria detection. Nasal samples were used to detect S. aureus in agar Baird-Parker (Merck) and stool samples for the observation of parasites and isolation of enteropathogenic E.coli. The results showed that the average of UFC/cm² of Staphylococcus sp. in  hands was statistically significant. Termonuclease positive strains of  S. aureus was identified in 13.3% of hand samples and 33.3% in nose samples. Enterobacter cloacae followed by E. coli was the species with more isolation in samples of hands. In stool samples Blastocystis hominis was identified in 18.33%, and enteropathogenic E. coli, was found in 19.56% of the analyzed samples

Palavras-chave : food handlers; Staphylococcus aureus; enterobacteria.