Prevalence and antibiogram of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from ready-to-eat vegetables and fermented milk in Yola, Nigeria

• DOI: 10.21608/mid.2023.212612.1529
• Publication Date: 2023-06-19T19:59:19Z
• Authors: MUSA SALE; Abdullahi Ibrahim; Babajide Adedeji; Fatima Hamza
• Keywords: Antibiogram

Aim: Listeria monocytogenes (L. monocytogenes) has been reported as the major pathogen that contributes to foodborne illness. This study was conducted determine prevalence and characterize isolated from ready eat vegetables local fermented milk (Nono) in Yola, Nigeria. Methods: A total of 162 samples cabbage, lettuce, salad were examined on PALCAM Brilliance Agar. Results: Distribution L. showed cabbage had highest 42.3% followed by lettuce with 26.9%. The least occurrence (11.5%) obtained milk. Furthermore, vegetable shinko farm (53.9%) while (19.2%). bacterial counts ranged 6 x 103 cfu/ml 1.86 105 cfu/g. result also contamination all locations counts. Antimicrobial susceptibility screening isolates revealed more than 60% susceptible commonly used antibiotics. However, about 65% demonstrated resistance erythromycin cotrimoxazole. Also, none harbored any plasmids. Conclusion: Findings this are public health significance studied do not require cooking before they consumed. Thus, there is need exercise caution during purchase, processing consumptions these