Resumen

MOJICA CASTILLO, Rodrigo Antonio; SEGALES CORDOVA, Silvia; SILES VILLASANTE, Indira Verónica  y  ROCHA ROMERO, Gabriela Inés. Detección de Escherichia coli en teclados de computadoras de uso publico. SCIENTIFICA [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.1, pp. 15-17. ISSN 1813-0054.

ABSTRACT Objective: To rccognize thc presence of Escherichia coli on the surface ofthe keyboards of computéis for public use. Design: this research is a prospective study. Place: of investigaron bactcriological procedures took place in bacteriology laboratories ofthe Instituto Nacional de Laboratorios en Salud INLASA and Cátedra de Microbiologia Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. Participants: in the study were included computer keyboard as the source ofthe sample. Interventions:. samples were taken with a sterile swab and procceded to direct seeding, cultivation and subsequent microscopic observation. Results: We detected thc presenec of Escherichia coli on the keyboards of computers for public use. The positive samples wcrc 10 out of 61 tested keyboards computer keyboards Conclusión: keyboards of public use are a source of contamination of fecal origin.

Palabras llave : Escherichia coli; Feces; Microbiology.