Domiciliary cockroaches found in restaurants in five zones of Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jeffery, J., Sulaiman, Syahnaz, Oothuman, Pakeer, Razak, A, Muslimin, M, Kamil-Ali, O.B, Rohela, M, Abdul-Aziz, Noraishah Mydin, Vellayan, S, Zainol-Ariffin, P, Paramaswaran, S
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malaysian Society of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/28963/1/180_-_186_Jeffery_J.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/28963/; http://www.msptm.org/files/180_-_186_Jeffery_J.pdf

The following domiciliary cockroaches were collected from restaurants in five zones of Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory, Malaysia using 1L glass beaker traps baited with ground mouse-pellets: Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) (n = 820), Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister (n = 46), Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) (n = 12504), Supella longipalpa (Fabricius) (n = 321), Symploce pallens Stephens (n = 29) and Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll) (n = 5). The following bacteria were isolated from 10 cockroach specimens: Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae ssp. rhinoscleromatis and Serratia liquefaciens from 5 B. germanica; Acinetobacter calcoaceticus var. anitratus, Citrobacter diversus/amalonaticus, Escherichia vulneris and K.p. pneumoniae from 3 P. brunnea; and Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter agglomerans 4, Escherichia adecarboxylate, E. vulneris, K. p. pneumonia, K. p. rhinoscleromatis and Proteus vulgeris from 2 P. americana.