Microbiological Assessment and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Bacterial Isolates from Exposed Toothpicks in Selected Eateries

Toothpick is mainly used to remove food particles, fishbone and meat stuck between the teeth after a meal. Poor handling exposure of toothpicks on dinner tables in many eateries could pose public health risk. In this study, total one hundred (100) wooden were randomly sampled from twenty (20) five (5) locations Benin City. A packet toothpick purchased shop served as control. Microbiological analysis antibiotic sensitivity tests involved use standard methods disc agar diffusion method, respectively. The percentage occurrence bacterial isolates samples include Bacillus sp. (25 %), Staphylococcus (20 Streptococcus Proteus (15 Salmonella (10 Escherichia coli (5 %) Klebsiella while fungal Saccharomyces cerevisiae (80 Penicillium Mucor %). resistant antibiotics study with exception gentamicin ofloxacin. order prevent microbial contamination which lead disease transmission, should be rinsed potable water before using it. Toothpicks not exposed tables. Instead, automatic dispenser provided eateries.