ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

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Karim Hassan1 and Marwan ElBagoury2

1School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK.
2UniversityUlm – Medizinische Fakultät, Ulm, Deutschland.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2018;12(1):181-187
https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.12.1.23 | © The Author(s). 2018
Received: 15/01/2018 | Accepted: 21/02/2018 | Published: 31/03/2018
Abstract

Foodborne disease is linked to noteworthy morbidity and mortality all over the world, and is thus a serious public health issue. In spite of the many recorded cases, it is generally accepted that actual figures may be orders of magnitude higher than those recorded due to significant under-reporting amongst other factors. This article sheds the light on bacterial contamination in domestic kitchen, and some of the commonly used biocides.

Keywords

Domestic Kitchen, Foodborne disease, Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella spp., Sodium hypochlorite, Chloroxylenol, Benzalkonium chloride.

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