Domiciliary cockroaches found in restaurants in five zones of Kuala Lumpur federal territory, peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jeffery, J., Sulaiman, S., Oothuman, P., Vellayan, S., Zainol-Ariffin, P., Paramaswaran, S., Razak, A., Muslimin, M., Kamil-Ali, O.B., Rohela, M., Abdul-Aziz, N.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8698/1/Domiciliary_cockroaches_found_in_restaurants.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8698/; 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 IL 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.