TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Farhana Islam AU - Saha, Mihir Lal PY - 2018/10/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Bacteria laden street food (Chatpati) and their multiple antibiotic resistance index JF - Bangladesh Journal of Botany JA - Bangladesh J. Bot. VL - 44 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.3329/bjb.v44i4.38596 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJB/article/view/38596 SP - 599-604 AB - <p>The bacteria associated with street food Chatpati and their multi-drug resistance pattern were investigated. The highest bacterial load of solid part of Chatpati was recorded on NA as 1.07×10<sup>5</sup> - 9.7×10<sup>5</sup> cfu/g followed by 1.55×10<sup>4</sup> - 4.05×10<sup>5</sup> cfu/g on EMB. In case of liquid part (Spicy tamarind) maximum load was 3.1×10<sup>2</sup> - 6.4×10<sup>4</sup> cfu/ml on SS agar. The bacterial isolates were provisionally identified as <em>Escherichia coli</em>, <em>Klebsiella </em>sp., <em>Enterobactor </em>sp., <em>Micrococcus variens</em>, <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>, <em>Streptococcus faecalis </em>and <em>Salmonella paratyphi A</em>. Multiple antibiotic resistance index (MRI) was found between 14.28 and 71.43%. <em>Escherichia coli</em>, <em>Klebsiella </em>sp., <em>Enterobacter </em>sp. and <em>Salmonella paratyphi A </em>showed the highest MRI percentage. Bacterial high loads and the presence of many enteric bacteria indicated significant food contamination. The presence of multi-drug resistant bacteria is very much alarming for the city dwellers habituated with the popular snacks like Chatpati.</p> ER -