Association of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with bacteria in hospitals in the State of Santa Catarina

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Centro Universitário La Salle, Canoas¹  Lutinski, Junir Antônio¹  Universidade Comunitária Regional de Chapecó, Chapecó¹  Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre¹  Garcia, Flávio Roberto Mello¹  Lise, Fernanda¹ 

关键词: Infection;    Ants;    Hospital;    Bacteria;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822006000600002

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this study was to identify ant occurrence in hospital environments in the State of Santa Catarina, along with associated bacteria. Ants were collected monthly from five inpatient clinics in two hospitals in the municipality of Chapecó, from August 2003 to June 2004. They were collected under aseptic conditions using swabs moistened with sterile distilled water and put into test tubes containing BHI for microbiological analysis. After 24 hours, cultures were made in both 5% sheep blood and MacConkey agar, which were incubated for 24 hours at 35/37°C. The Gram characterization, culture identification and biochemical characterization followed standardized rules for clinical microbiology. Seven species of ants were identified, of which the most frequent were Monomorium pharaonis (71.5%) and Solenopsis saevissima (57%), and nineteen species of bacteria was isolated from hospital "A".

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