ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2017
Bacterial Contamination of Adult House Flies (
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- Bacterial pathogens identified from houseflies in different human and animal settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Veterinary medicine and science · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of human pathogens carried by the housefly (Musca domestica L.).BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
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- Molecular analysis of acetylcholinesterase gene in field-collected populations of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) in Northwestern Iran.Journal of insect science (Online) · 2023Article
- Bacterial Communities Associated with Houseflies (Microorganisms · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial Resistant Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Carried by House Flies (Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Bacterial Contamination of Collected Cockroaches and Determination Their Antibiotic Susceptibility in Khorramabad City, Iran.Journal of arthropod-borne diseases · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the bacterial contamination of face masks worn by personnel in a center of COVID 19 hospitalized patients: A cross-sectional study.New microbes and new infections · 2023Article
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- Higher seasonal temperature enhances the occurrence of methicillin resistance of Staphylococcus aureus in house flies (Musca domestica) under hospital and environmental settings.Folia microbiologica · 2022Article
- A Review of the Antimicrobial Potential ofVeterinary medicine international · 2022Review
- Carriage of ESBL-producing Gram-negative bacteria by flies captured in a hospital and its suburban surroundings in Ethiopia.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020Article
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- Frequency and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Bacterial Species Isolated from the Body Surface of the Housefly (Journal of arthropod-borne diseases · 2020Article
- Detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their resistance genes from houseflies.Veterinary world · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionHouse flies (
aimTo investigate the bacterial contaminations of house flies and determine the resistance of these bacteria against various antibiotics. MATERIALS AND
methodsAn analytical descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted. The study was performed from July to September 2015 in Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran. A total number of 300 house flies were collected from four places, 75 flies from each place, including two educational hospitals belonging to Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, a fruit and vegetables center, and a livestock slaughter. The body surface of house flies was washed using the physiological sterile serum and the obtained solution was centrifuged at 2000 rpm for five minutes. The identification of bacteria was carried out using the phenotypic methods. The resistance of bacteria against various antibiotics was determined using the disk diffusion approach. Data were analysed by the employment of SPSS software package version 20.0.
resultsA total number of 394 bacterial strains were isolated from 275 house flies. The most prevalent type of bacteria was
conclusionIt is a well-known fact that house flies are a source of bacterial contamination and can act as a mechanical carrier and cause bacterial diseases. It can be postulated that house flies play a major role in spreading antibiotic resistant bacteria. However, the flies from hospital environments were more contaminated, mainly because the people referring to health center are normally ill and carrier of many pathogens. Further, hospital environments should be controlled using administrative procedures.
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