Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Types of bacteria isolated from finger nail content of food handlers () working at food service establishments in Debre Markos University (1st January 2015 to 31st June 2016).

Bacteria	Frequency	Percent (%)
Coag. Neg. Staph	27	12.3
S. aureus	11	5
Klebsiella spp.	6	2.7
Escherichia coli	6	2.7
Enterococcus spp.	4	1.8
Proteus species	3	1.4
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	3	1.4
Serratia species	2	0.9
Citrobacter species	3	1.4
None	155	70.5
Total	220	100

Coag. Neg. Staph: coagulase-negative Staphylococcus.