Studies on fish as a source of some occupational infections

ABSTRACT

Bacteriological examination was carried out on samples taken from the surface of 93 fishes Tilapia nilotica [35], Mugil cephalus [40], Clarias lazera [18], and h and s of 12 fish h and lers. The overall rate of isolation from the surface of fish amounted to Salmonella spp. is 3.2%, Shigella 2.2%, Klebsiella 6.5%, E. coli 12.9% and Erysipelothrix insidiosa 16.1%