TY - JOUR AU - Sapkota, Sanjeep AU - Adhikari, Sanjib AU - Pandey, Asmita AU - Khadka, Sujan AU - Adhikari, Madhuri AU - Kandel, Hemraj AU - Pathak, Sandhya AU - Pandey, Asmita PY - 2019 DA - 2019/08/16 TI - Multi-drug resistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing E. coli and Salmonella on raw vegetable salads served at hotels and restaurants in Bharatpur, Nepal JO - BMC Research Notes SP - 516 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Antimicrobial resistance among the bacteria present in ready-to-eat foods like vegetable salads is an emerging concern today. The current study was undertaken to investigate the presence of multi-drug resistant extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) producing E. coli and Salmonella spp. in raw vegetable salads served at hotels and restaurants in Bharatpur. A total of 216 salad samples were collected from three different grades of hotels and restaurants and examined for the presence of E. coli and Salmonella spp. in Microbiology laboratory of Birendra Multiple Campus by conventional microbiological techniques. SN - 1756-0500 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4557-9 DO - 10.1186/s13104-019-4557-9 ID - Sapkota2019 ER -