Microbiological Safety of Street-Vended Beverages in Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur

Microbiological safety of street vended fruit chats in Patiala city.

Street-vended foods are appreciated for their unique flavours and convenience, as well as for maintaining the nutritional status of the population. They also assure food security for low–income urban population and livelihood for a significant proportion of the population in many developing countries. In spite of these potential benefits, street foods have been reported to be contaminated with ...

A microbiological study of genital ulcers in Kuala Lumpur.

The microbial aetiology of genital ulcers was studied in 249 patients (241 men and 8 women) attending a Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Herpes simplex virus type 2 was isolated in 48 (19.2%) patients, Haemophilus ducreyi from 22 (8.8%), Neisseria gonorrhoeae from seven (2.8%) and Chlamydia trachomatis from four (1.6%). Syphilis was diagnosed in 18 (7.2%) patients ...

Microbiological Safety of Street Vended Foods in Jigjiga City, Eastern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND Food safety problems are particularly becoming an increasingly serious threat to public health in developing countries. This study was conducted to assess microbiological safety of street vended foods from May to November, 2014 in Jigjiga City. METHODS A cross-sectional design was used to answer questions concerning the current status of food hygiene and sanitation practire of stre...

Dialysis encephalopathy in Kuala Lumpur.

All patients with end stage renal disease on chronic haemodialysis in the Nephrology Department were included in th is review, including patients who were subsequently transplanted. Patients suspected of developing encephalopathy had a neurological assessment, and investigations including lumbar puncture, brain scan,skull X-rays, EEG and where considered appropriate, carotid angiography and com...

Rites of Change: Artistic Responses to Recent Street Protests in Kuala Lumpur